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Date: On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 6:24 PM
Subject: Fwd: A WIN IN MASSACHUSETTS!!
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Dear Massachusetts Meeting Leaders:
I have mentioned many times that litigation is like watching paint dry. It’s a good thing that the paint dries slowly – because sometimes the long-drawn out process of litigation actually works in our favor.
Over a year ago, MAFA lawyer Patrick Daubert filed a lawsuit against the Nantucket Steamship Authority and other defendants in Massachusetts on behalf of eleven employees who were denied religious exemptions after the Massachusetts governor mandated COVID vaccines. They were then placed on unpaid suspension for failure to comply with the order.
The complaint asked for a preliminary injunction, which can be granted upon showing that the plaintiff “is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest.”
The court denied the preliminary injunction, and we appealed to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. While our appeal was under consideration, the First Circuit issued a ruling in a case in Maine (this was not our case) stating that if an institution accepts medical exemptions, religious exemptions must also be considered. Sometimes the slow process of watching the paint dry pays off!
Chief Judge Barron found that our attorney, on behalf of the plaintiffs, had demonstrated a “likelihood of success” and that the lower court’s ruling is in error. The case has been remanded back to the lower court for trial.
Persistence pays off. Good lawyering does work – Patrick Daubert is a rock star – this is not his first win for us - and the courts can be fair. I said from the beginning that the long, tedious and expensive process of using the courts to regain our rights and clarify vague laws was the way to solve this problem and to make sure that another COVID-type debacle cannot happen again.
Yay for our side!!
Pamela A. Popper
President, Wellness Forum Health
Co-author of the new explosive book:
COVID Operation: What Happened, Why it Happened and What’s Next
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