Pa. woman sues Walmart, says she was fired for not getting vaccine

WILLIAMSPORT – A Schuylkill County woman has sued Walmart claiming said was fired last year for not being vaccinated for COVID-19.

Deborah Lybarger of Ashland alleges in a suit filed Monday in U.S. Middle District Court against Walmart Associates Inc. of Bentonville, Arkansas, that her rights under the Civil Rights and the Pennsylvania Human Relations acts were violated.

Lybarger was hired in 1998 as a reclaims associate and in 2018, according to the complaint, was promoted to senior process manager at the Walmart in Coal Twp., outside Shamokin, at an annual salary of $101,000 plus bonuses and stock options.

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