"It was not practically possible for the Governor to put in place policies that had no negative impact on individuals' freedom of religion, speech, and assembly.”
The plaintiff had argued that the decision was unconstitutional because it violated the principle of equality by introducing a discrimination among the potential recipients of the subsidies.
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned a District Court decision that favored defendant United Airlines in a disability discrimination lawsuit.
On 27 June 2023, the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country dismissed the claim of a worker seeking recognition that her sick leave was caused by an accident at work.
The decision addresses the issue of the processing of personal data by the applications selected by individual states to verify COVID certifications.
For the Constitutional Court, the legislator's choice to proceed, during the pandemic, by macro "professional categories" is explained by the need to find a certain, unambiguous and quick criterion.
The journalist broadcast a video claiming that COVID-19 could be cured withour medicines on a news channel and YouTube.
The General Court had annulled two Commission decisions approving state aid to several EU airlines also after complaints by Ryanair. Appeals of these cases are still pending before the Court of Justice.
On 2 August 2023, a Kerala Court acquitted several people convicted for having allegedly organized an assembly in June 2020, in violation of the rules then in force concerning the management of the pandemic. They were accused of having organized the meeting for the specific purpose of spreading COVID-19.
The restaurant owner argued that COVID-19 regulations were unconstitutional.
In Italy and Switzerland, in two similar cases, the courts have ruled in favor of vaccination of minors.
A woman was admitted to undertake cardiological exams only three days after her access to the hospital, when her COVID-19 test result was reported as negative. However, right before undergoing the above exam, she died of a myocardial infarction.
As discussed in previous posts (about Rutgers University, George Washington University and American University, New York University, Baylor University, Florida University, American University and Brandeis University) many COVID-19 lawsuits have been filed throughout the United States to seek reimbursement for college tuition, room, board, meal plans, and fees.
The man deliberately coughed at two colleagues “as a joke” after discovering being ill with COVID-19.
An employment section of the Lima High Court court declared COVID-19 as an occupational disease applicable to all types of workers, not just healthcare professionals.
In 2021, Arizona passed a statute which shielded healthcare providers from ordinary negligence claims relating to their provision of pandemic-related medical treatment. More precisely, in order for the liability to arise, the statute required that the claimants proved by “clear and convincing evidence” that the healthcare provider acted with “willful misconduct or gross negligence”. On the contrary, healthcare providers were not liable for ordinary negligence.
The Supreme Court of India dismissed a public interest litigation which challenged a decision from the Union’s government which granted relief from the payment of adjusted gross revenues taxes to companies operating in the telecommunications sector.
With judgment No. 01185/2023 of 7 September 2023, the Council of State reaffirmed the legitimacy of compulsory vaccination for public health protection purposes.
Under the state-created-danger doctrine, state employers are liable when they affirmatively and with deliberate indifference create or expose their employees to a dangerous working environment.
Hong Kong's High Court refused to grant leave for final appeal for people sentenced to imprisonment for having violated COVID-19 rules during a protest on Labour Day 2020.
The Tribunal held that the employees remained free to choose whether or not taking the vaccine, the only consequence of that choice being relevant from an economic point of view.
A step forward in transparency and protection for travelers, who are often unaware of their rights.
On 31 August 2023, a court in Singapore condemned to a week of jail time a man who, despite testing positive for COVID-19 in February 2022, did not self-isolate.
On 20 June 2023, the Court of Appeals of Turin overturned the first-instance judgment which had sentenced an insurance company to pay €100,000 to the family of a COVID-19 victim.
The decision was reached on the fine balance between the need for transparency and public safety.
On 4 September 2023, the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong rejected the request for leave to appeal a sentence of imprisonment for four people who had marched, together with others, during a Labour Day protest in May 2020.
On 29 August 2023, a court in Mumbai refused to grant pre-arrest bail to the city’s former mayor, who is currently investigated on grounds of fraud in a scheme to purchase body bags for COVID-19 victims using public money.
A joke about a zombie movie went too far, leading to the arrest of the author and questioning the limits of the right of free speech
A number of Alberta citizens and churches filed suit challenging several orders enacted by the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Alberta (CMOH), Dr. Deena Hinshaw, with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic. These orders imposed private residence restrictions, indoor and outdoor gathering restrictions, isolation, quarantine and visiting restrictions, business closure restrictions and primary or secondary school restrictions.
The court ruling dated 30 May 2023 and recently published underscores the invalidity of unilateral agreements, exemplified by the case of Peugeot Citroën imposing remote work conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic without involving the Central Unitaria de Traballadores/as (CUT) union.
The possible uses of the drug in the treatment of COVID-19 still raise several doubts and is still under scientific probes. However, the Court ruled in favor of the right of medical practitioner to dispense it to their patients if they deem it suitable for treatment.
The nurse argued that the vaccination requirement infringed on his right to privacy and that the suspension was made illegally as he had not received an interview with the employer prior to it.
The man, a chief waiter on a private yacht, was fired during the COVID-19 pandemic ban period. His claim was upheld by the first instance judge, which established that the plaintiff had to be reintegrated in his employment and compensated for the damages suffered.
The decision to immediately impose a hard lockdown on such buildings caught the residents unprepared and prevented some of them from getting the food or medicines needed.
A suspended sentence has been handed down to a family judge from Germany after his attempt to challenge a COVID mask mandate at two schools in Weimar.
On 14 August 2023, the Supreme Court of India granted, upon request from the National Medical Commission, a one-time extension of the deadline to conclude the admission process of post-graduate medical courses for the year 2023-2024, until 10 October 2023.
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