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A panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal upheld an Orange County circuit judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit in which bars sought damages for what is known as “inverse condemnation.”
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Hospitals in the region say most of their staff have received COVID-19 vaccines.
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The requirements will start to take effect Thursday in Florida.
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Hospitals are grappling with what to do, since federal and state law are at odds, and both carry financial penalties for non-compliance.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Jan. 7 in cases from other parts of the country about the legality of the requirement, but it is not clear when justices will rule.
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Florida is one of numerous states that have challenged the contractor requirement, with a federal judge in Georgia this month issuing a nationwide injunction against the requirement.
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The high court’s announcement that it will hear arguments in the cases Jan. 7 comes amid rising coronavirus cases and is an extraordinarily fast timeline.
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According to the lawsuit, the mandate forces vaccinations on staff, volunteers and others in contact with Head Start preschool students and forces masks on everyone age 2 and older. .