Legal expert details potential future of mask mandate lawsuits

"I haven't really heard of that occurring anyplace else," says Valley attorney Matt Mangino. He calls UPMC's position in this lawsuit 'troubling'.
"A healthcare provider...has a responsibility to look at every patient who comes in and make a patient by patient decision as to whether a mask would interfere with that student's ability to learn, or cause other side effects detrimental to that young person," Mangino said.
The Boardman lawsuit is awaiting a ruling in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
"That has already been decided in other Ohio county courts where they've found it's not irreparable harm," said Mangino, adding that the parents may go for a permanent injunction, since that doesn't require them to prove irreparable harm.
And at least right now, it appears the federal suit in Pennsylvania may have a better chance of holding up in court.
"For a healthcare provider to say we're not even going to consider these exemptions...I think has potential consequences," Mangino said.