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Plaintiff Gerda Zinner
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Zinner v. Tennessee - Middle District of Tennessee
On May 25, 2023, Plaintiffs Gerda Zinner and Story VanNess brought suit against the State of Tennessee, alleging that the state’s public employee health benefits program unlawfully deprived both women of coverage for essential medical services because they are transgender.
Currently, the parties are awaiting an order on the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, which the Plaintiffs opposed. Click below to view relevant filings and motions by the parties.
CLOSED CASES
Lange v. Houston County (Apr. 25, 2022)
Holding: The exclusion of coverage for “sex change” procedures in a state employee healthcare plan was facially discriminatory on the basis of sex (transgender status), and thus violated Title VII.
Scott v. St. Louis University Hospital (Apr. 25, 2022)
Holding: A suit brought against St. Louis Hospital by an employee, whose healthcare plan denied coverage of her transgender son’s gender dysphoria treatment, could proceed under Section 1557 of the ACA but not Title VII.
Toomey v. Arizona (Feb. 26, 2021)
Holding: Plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief is denied because the plaintiffs cannot meet the standard for a mandatory injunction and the injunctive relief requested is identical to the ultimate relief sought.
