TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 3, 2021

The state’s one-time top vaccination official has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Tennessee Department of Health leadership of making “stigmatizing and defamatory statements” against her. Dr. Michelle Fiscus filed the lawsuit yesterday naming Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey and Chief Medical Officer Tim Jones as defendants in the case, WBIR reports. Fiscus was fired on July 12 after serving as medical director of the health department’s Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization Program. She specifically cites comments made in a letter released to the media explaining the reasons for her termination.