State Supreme Courts Take Up COVID-19 Vaccine Cases

One case involves a minor who was injected even though parents did not want the child to receive the vaccine.

A health care worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in a file image. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

Two state supreme courts are considering whether workers who administered COVID-19 vaccines to minors without parental consent should be shielded by a federal law.

The North Carolina Supreme Court agreed to take up an appeal from Tanner Smith, one of the minors, and his mother, according to an order dated May 23.