No Pseudonymity for Plaintiffs Challenging Employer’s COVID-19 Protocols
In Berens v. Yale New Haven Health Servs. Corp., decided yesterday by Judge Janet Hall (D. Conn.)’s decision, Yale New Haven Health employees sued to challenge Yale New Haven’s COVID-19 vaccine protocols. Those plaintiffs who sued pseudonymously apparently all received exemptions from the vaccine mandate, but “were required to submit negative COVID-19 test results each week” from mid-2021 to mid-2022. They are alleging that Yale New Haven, acting in concert with the government, violated their due process and equal protection rights.
The merits, though, aren’t yet before the court; rather, the question was whether the plaintiffs could sue pseudonymously, hiding their identities from both the defendant and the public. No, the court said:
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 10(a), “[t]he title of the complaint must name all the parties[.]” This requirement “serves the vital purpose of facilitating public scrut
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