On 17 August 2023, the Pretoria High Court ordered the Department of Health of the government of South Africa to disclose details concerning contracts for the supply of vaccines signed with several pharmaceutical companies during the most severe phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On account of their medical misinformation policies, Google and YouTube removed from their platforms a number of videos depicting the views of a politician seeking the democratic party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential elections (i.e., Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.) regarding COVID-19 vaccinations and the pharmaceutical industry.
Four women in the Vsetín region have been sentenced by the district court for selling fake COVID vaccination certificates. The court's decision, announced in early August, penalized their involvement in distributing fabricated vaccination records.
In October 2021, a woman from Ohakune flew to Auckland to join a protest against COVID-19 restrictions, violating the lockdown measures in force in New Zealand at the time.
The Governor of Minnesota designated the COVID-19 as an “act of nature”, declared the peacetime emergency and, on this basis, enacted an executive order that required Minnesotans to wear face coverings.
On 12 May 2023, the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands upheld an employer's actions in dismissing a childhood educator for refusing to wear a mask without medical justification.
In one of the biggest bribery cases in the recent history of the country, a number of public officials have been found guilty of offering bribes in order to be appointed as rescue charter flights providers.
According to a previous landmark ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada, cases must be completed within 18 months
The decision did not respect the principle of competence and was therefore declared unconstitutional.
On 20 June 2023, the Italian Constitutional Court held that, while the legislator must regulate vaccines and pandemic measures, technical tasks can be delegated to the administration or technical bodies under the law's supervision.
On 27 June 2023, the Croatian Constitutional Court held that the obligation to present evidence of testing, vaccination or overcoming an infectious disease in order to enter certain premises (including work premises), which was in force at a certain stage of the pandemic, was not unconstitutional.
The cause of death was brain stem encephalitis connected to a septicemia triggered by the COVID-19 infection. The family waited 81 minutes for an ambulance to arrive.
A number of students sued Southern Methodist University (“SMU”) for refusing to refund them tuition and fees paid for the Spring 2020 semester after it switched to remote instruction on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 17 May 2023, the Higher Court of Justice of the Basque Country held that a company's refusal to allow an employee to continue teleworking, after it had been temporarily implemented due to the exceptional situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, was unjustified.
Some theaters claimed nominal damages because they were required to process multiple refunds at every performance and were forced to hire additional staff to check the vaccination status.
Consumer Commission orders compensation after insurance company refuses customer’s claim concerning hospitalization due to COVID-19
The court held that the insurance was liable to pay the travel company for the losses it incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under former civil law rules, the inability to operate a business due to government measures against COVID-19 could qualify as “temporary impossibility” to fulfil the contract.
A number of disease epidemiologists and co-authors of The Great Barrington Declaration ("GBD") – a declaration that criticized lockdown policies and raised concern about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of lockdowns – filed suit against the Biden Administration alleging that, shortly after being published, the GBD was censored on social media by Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media on account of government officials’ communications with such platforms.
On 21 June 2023, the Spanish Supreme Court issued a judgment regarding the availability of protective equipment for healthcare professionals during the pandemic in Andalusia.
Several Italian ordinary courts are disapplying the Decrees of the President of the Council of Ministers (DPCM) providing specific rules to contrast the COVID-19 emergency. According to Italian Law ordinary judges unlike administrative judges can only disapply and not annul or void the administrative act.
Some employees alleged a “natural immunity” from COVID-19, refusing to vaccinate. The Court dismissed their claims.
The Data Protection Authority held that the complainant could file a complaint even though her vaccination status was not actually processed.
The preliminary questions referred to the court related to marketing authorizations of COVID-19 vaccines, healthcare workers with immunity, suspension without pay, and alternative deployments.
A national measure gave consumers the right to terminate contracts in case of impossible fulfillment because of measures adopted by public authorities
This is an appeal filed by Hapvida Assistência Médica Ltda, against the sentence handed down by the Judgment a quo which, in the records of the ordinary action brought by Viacao Sol De Abrantes Ltda, for the suspension of the health plan due to the breach of the contract during the pandemic.
The sanctioned individuals had refused to undergo mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
On 21 June 2023, the Constitutional Court resolved a conflict of jurisdictions between a labor court and an administrative court in a case of non-contractual liability of public entities for damages caused to a physician due to COVID-19 infection.
The petition challenged the discriminatory effects of the measures, which allegedly infringed on citizens' fundamental rights
The judgment concerns, among other issues, the scope of freedom of movement of workers within the EU
Among the Court's reasons, the incorporation into the employment relations framework of traditional values/tikanga, which required a higher standard in employment matters
The Court held that employers do not have a duty of care to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to household members
Manhattan College recently prevailed in one of the many COVID-19 tuition refund class action suits filed in the USA
The court found that the pandemic impact and financial constrains prevailed over Air India pilots' allowance
The ruling comes amid financial difficulties for the Andalusian village
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