The Warshawsky Law Firm has been retained to represent a former insurance company employee who was fired after her request for a religious exemption to the company’s COVID-19 vaccination policy was denied.  Like so many others, our client was forced to choose between her faith and her livelihood when the company instituted a vaccine mandate in late 2021.  Although the policy allowed for religious exemptions, our client’s request (based on the “body as the temple of God” principle) was denied on the grounds of “workplace safety” – despite our client being a remote worker from her home in the Bronx.  She was fired in January 2022.

Our client originally filed her lawsuit by herself (pro se) but contacted us recently when faced with the company’s proposed motion to dismiss.  We’re glad she did!  We explained the legal and factual issues involved in her case and laid out the best strategy to pursue her claims in court.  Relieved that a capable and sympathetic attorney finally was on her side, she retained us to take over the case for her.  The first step was filing an amended complaint clearly laying out the facts of the case and asserting claims under federal, state, and city laws for the company’s failure to reasonably accommodate her sincerely held religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccines.  We filed the 20-page amended complaint, including 16 exhibits, earlier this week.

We are looking forward to fighting in court for our client and helping her obtain justice and compensation for the personal and financial hardships she has suffered.

The case is Linda A. Rowett v. ProSelect Insurance Company d/b/a Coverys, No. 24-CV-5417-ALC, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.