'This is another in a long line of cases that challenges vaccination mandates. No court has upheld such a challenge,' the judge wrote. 'This case is equally without merit.'
"For more than a century, plaintiffs have filed lawsuits to halt vaccination mandates," Judge Michael P. Linfield wrote in the ruling, adding that most challenges against mandates have not been successful. "This case is equally without merit," he continued. "The case is dismissed."
The city of Los Angeles adopted an ordinance over the summer, which would require all city employees to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19. In November, the city gave employees extra time to meet the vaccination requirement. At the time, Mayorsaid that any employee not vaccinated by that deadline "should be prepared to lose their job."
The nonprofit Firefighters4Freedom Foundation sued the city in September 2021, saying that the city's vaccination mandate violated the firefighters constitutional right to privacy, and caused them emotional distress. The group later amended the suit after the deadline was extended.