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ABC to Face Trial Over ‘General Hospital’ Firings Tied to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

The lawsuit from former crewmembers of the series accused the network of religious discrimination for firing them over their refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

A Los Angeles judge, in an order issued Tuesday, found that James and Timothy Wahl may have had “sincerely held” religious beliefs that ABC should have accommodated by affording them exemptions and allowing them to follow safety protocols implemented before mandatory vaccination policies were rolled out. In a deposition, Disney ABC TV Group vp production Dominick Nuzzi testified that he became involved in the accommodation process once a request was accepted and that he participated in discussions of whether to grant an exemption to one of the Wahls but ultimately decided against it. Rademacher’s exemption was denied, in part, on his religion lacking any of the formal signs of religious institutions and ABC’s belief that his opposition to getting the vaccine was “rooted in health or efficacy concerns” rather than his faith, according to court filings in the case.

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