COVID-19 Vaccine Litigation Against Mayo Clinic Revived by Federal Court

Five workers who alleged religious discrimination score win in legal battle.

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on Sept. 29, 2020. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

A lawsuit against the Mayo Clinic must move forward, a federal court has ruled, reviving the suit after it was thrown out in 2023.

The five fired workers who sued the Minnesota-based health nonprofit have all plausibly pleaded that their religious beliefs conflict with the clinic’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on May 24.