# Claim table — Lisa Domski Blue Cross vaccine religious-discrimination verdict

| Claim | Evidence label | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Former Blue Cross worker Lisa Domski won about $12.7M after refusing a COVID shot on religious grounds. | Supported. | AP, CBS Detroit, HR Dive and the verdict-form source trail all report a Detroit federal jury awarded $12.69M on Nov. 8, 2024. |
| She worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for over 30 years as an IT worker. | Supported with wording limits. | Reports describe her as a long-tenured IT worker; some say over 30 years, 32/33 years, or nearly 38 years. Court order 57 says she worked at Blue Cross from March 10, 2008 until Jan. 5, 2022, so the “30+ years” wording appears to refer to broader/combined tenure reported by media/lawyer rather than only the period described in that order. |
| She was Catholic and objected because of fetal-cell-line concerns. | Supported as her stated belief. | Court order 57 quotes her accommodation request saying the vaccines were developed or tested using fetal cells from abortion and that vaccination would be a terrible sin distancing her relationship with God. |
| The company violated federal religious-discrimination law. | Supported as jury finding. | HR Dive and Detroit Catholic report the jury found unlawful religious discrimination under federal/state law. Blue Cross denied discrimination and maintained its accommodation process complied with law. |
| The jury award was final cash-in-hand exactly as posted. | Needs caution/update. | The verdict was real, but Bloomberg Law later reported in April 2025 that Blue Cross and Domski resolved the suit and agreed to dismiss claims with prejudice after the jury award. Settlement/payment terms were not public in the accessible excerpt. |
| This proves every vaccine mandate firing was unlawful. | Not proven. | The case is fact-specific: sincerity, accommodation process, remote-work status, state/federal law, and employer evidence matter. Canadian and B.C. cases use their own human-rights framework. |