A former employee of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan was awarded nearly $13 million in her discrimination lawsuit against the company, which she says fired her for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine that she believed was against her religion as a devout Catholic.

Lisa Domski worked for BCBSM for 40 years but was fired in 2022 for disobeying the company’s mandatory vaccination policy, implemented in October 2021, The New York Post reported Wednesday.

A jury in Detroit federal court awarded her $12.69 million in total damages, including $10 million marked as “punitive damages,” nearly $1.7 million in lost pay, and $1 million in noneconomic damages. 

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