BUFFALO (WBEN) - Prominent local attorney Corey Hogan of HoganWillig filed a lawsuit on behalf of 700-800 people, hoping for a temporary restraining order against the healthcare vaccine mandate that's set to go into effect Monday.
Hogan argued in court Friday, saying there's no indication of any major problems in the healthcare system, and there aren't viral transmissions of any major significance taking place.
"The state has not shown anything that indicates there are any viral transmissions...and we've been told and provided to the court information indicating that a loss of anywhere from 40,000-60,000 workers would be the real emergency - then you would have an emergency..." said Hogan in an interview with WBEN following the hearing.
However, the judge issued a written decision later in the afternoon saying that the state is justified in its emergency issuance of the vaccine mandate, at least with respect to a TRO request, meaning she did not grant the TRO.
The judge did, however, require the state to allow employees to make religious exemption applications. Of course, a similar ruling was already made earlier this week by a federal judge in Utica.
Hogan will be back in court October 1 to argue for a preliminary injunction.
