January 19, 2024
A D.C. federal judge has rejected a former scout's request for partial summary judgment in a case alleging the Washington Nationals fired him for requesting a religious exemption to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement, saying the former employee failed to support his motion with proof of his actual sincere religious beliefs.
November 27, 2023
The Washington Nationals urged a D.C. federal court not to hand a partial win to a former scout who claimed he was fired for requesting a religious exemption to a COVID-19 vaccine requirement, arguing the ex-employee hasn't explained how his religious beliefs conflicted with the mandate.
March 13, 2023
MLB's Washington Nationals can't avoid a lawsuit claiming it fired a Christian team scout because he asked for religious and medical exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, with a D.C. federal judge ruling the team hasn't explained why he couldn't be accommodated.
July 28, 2022
A former Washington Nationals team scout who was fired for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine said the MLB team's motion to partially dismiss his disability discrimination suit misconstrues key elements of the complaint, arguing that the team acted out of an "absurd" fear that he was "dangerous to coworkers."
June 28, 2022
The Washington Nationals urged a D.C. federal court to dismiss the bulk of a complaint from a fired team scout who refused the COVID-19 vaccine, arguing on Tuesday that the employee's claims of retaliation and disability discrimination are unsupported by facts.
April 20, 2022
A former scout for the Washington Nationals on Wednesday accused the baseball team in D.C. federal court of violating federal civil rights law when it denied his request for a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine requirement and subsequently fired him.