Jason T. Manning

In Passarella v. Aspirus Hospital, Inc., and Bube v. Aspirus Hospital, Inc., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appellate court with jurisdiction over Illinois) ruled that employees who…

In the most important fishing case school leaders will ever read, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine, which required courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous…

In August of 2021, Advocate Christ Medical Center (“Advocate”) adopted a policy requiring all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, unless the employee had an approved religious exemption. The plaintiff…

In Baro v. Lake County Federation of Teachers Local 504, et al., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of an Illinois teacher’s lawsuit claiming that the continued…

In Krewionek v. McKnight, an Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought under the Health Care Right of Conscience Act (“Act”), denying recovery to two former employees…

In February 2022, a Sangamon County judge, Judge Grischow, issued a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) against scores of school districts in three cases—two of which (Allen and Austin) received the…

In a 6-3 decision published January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed, or paused, the COVID-19 vaccine mandate imposed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”). Specifically,…

The Health Care Right of Conscience Act was enacted to permit medical professionals to refuse to receive or participate in healthcare services that are contrary to their personal beliefs.  However,…

In Freeburg Community Consolidated School District No. 70 v. Country Mutual Insurance Company; RSUI Indemnity Company, and John Doe 4, Freeburg School District 70 sued its policy carrier, RSUI Indemnity…

Since Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2021-18 on August 4, 2021, mandating that masks be worn by everyone in P-12 schools regardless of vaccination status, there have been multiple lawsuits…