By CBSLA Staff
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA)Â â Nearly 600 Los Angeles County firefighters are suing over the countyâs requirement that its employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of LA County Free Foundation, a nonprofit representing 574 firefighters and other employees, alleges that the countyâs vaccine mandate violates the firefightersâ constitutionally-protected autonomous privacy rights.
The lawsuit seeks a court order that would prohibit enforcement of the county vaccination order against any firefighter and also direct the county to offer reasonable accommodations to firefighters so they can continue working without being immunized. It also asks a judge to direct there be no discrimination or retaliation against firefighters who do not get vaccinated.
