The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that a mother can give her child the COVID-19 vaccination, rejecting the father’s efforts to downplay a key expert report in the case.

A three-judge appellate panel affirmed on Sept. 21 a decision by the Butler County Court of Common Pleas, which ruled that the mother, Lori Beggs, could get her child the vaccination for COVID-19. The precedential ruling came in the case L.L.B. v. T.R.B.