Woman Awarded Nearly $700,000 After Being Fired For Refusing To Get Experimental COVID Injection

Tanya Benton, a research scientist, filed a lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield after the company denied her religious exemption and fired her for refusing to get vaccinated.

A Tennessee woman has been awarded nearly $700,000 after a jury found that her employer wrongfully terminated her for refusing to comply with the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Tanya Benton, a former research scientist at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST), was awarded $687,000 damages, including $177,000 in back pay, $10,000 in compensatory …