Public Health Authority
Case Updates
August 26, 2022
Case updates this week:

Friday, 8/19: The Fort Worth school board settled a mask mandate lawsuit filed by parents. According to the school district, any future mask mandates will include allow parents to opt-out for medical reasons or reasons of conscience.

Friday, 8/19: A federal judge in Maine dismissed a complaint from health care workers who sued Gov. Janet Mills over the state’s vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Monday, 8/22: Employees of New Jersey's veterans homes are suing the Murphy administration, claiming that poor decisions — including barring masks early in the pandemic — led to high illness and death rates.
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