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Children’s health group, GOP lawmakers support teen in forced COVID vaccination case

A national nonprofit children’s health group and eight Republican state lawmakers are supporting a Guilford County teen in his case at the North Carolina Supreme Court. The teen was forced to take a COVID-19 vaccine shot in 2021 against his will and without parental consent.

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Teen disputes federal immunity in forced COVID vaccination lawsuit

A Guilford County teenager and his mother challenge the argument that a federal law blocks their lawsuit over the teen’s forced COVID vaccination. They filed a new brief Tuesday with the North Carolina Supreme Court, which agreed in May to hear the case.

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Opinion

Liberty’s second chance: NC Supreme Court to review forced-vaccination decision

The North Carolina Supreme Court has chosen to review this case, and the plaintiffs hope that this will finally bring about a just outcome and prevent this from ever happening again.

Neal Jackson, Tyler Brooks

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State’s high court will take up teen’s forced COVID vaccination case

The North Carolina Supreme Court will consider the case of a Guilford County teenager who was vaccinated against COVID-19 in 2021 despite his objections and without parental consent. A court order Thursday confirmed that the high court will take up the case of Tanner Smith, who was 14 when he faced the forced vaccination.

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Eight GOP lawmakers urge NC Supreme Court to take forced vaccination case

Eight Republican members of North Carolina’s House of Representatives would like to see the state Supreme Court take up a case dealing with the forced COVID vaccination of a 14-year-old boy in 2021. Lower courts have ruled against the teen and his mother.

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Guilford school board urges state Supreme Court to reject forced vaccination case

The Guilford County Board of Education is asking North Carolina’s highest court not to take up a case involving the forced COVID-19 vaccination of a 14-year-old boy in 2021. The teen and his mother hope the state Supreme Court will revive their suit against the Guilford schools and Old North State Medical Society.

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Mother appeals case of teen’s forced COVID shot to state Supreme Court

A Guilford County mother hopes the state Supreme Court will take the case of her teenage son’s forced COVID vaccine shot. The mother and son sued the Guilford County school board and the Old North State Medical Society over the 2021 incident.

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Appeals Court rules against mother who sued Guilford schools over son’s forced vaccination

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled against a mother who sued the Guilford County school board and Old North State Medical Society over her teenaged son’s forced COVID-19 vaccination in 2021. Appellate judges agreed that a federal law protected both defendants from legal liability.

CJ Staff