(Worthy Insights) – The North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a mother in the state now allowing her to sue her 14-year-old son’s public school system and a medical provider for reportedly forcing him to get the COVID-19 shot without his or her consent and without her knowledge.
Emily Happel attempted to sue Guilford County Board of Education and Old North State Medical Society in August 2022, alleging battery and infringement of state constitutional rights after her son, Tanner Smith, was forcibly injected with a dose of Pfizer’s COVID shot against his wishes and without parental approval.
However, lower courts dismissed the case after ruling that the 2005 federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act protected the school district and the medical provider from any liability.
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