Here are four suits involving five physicians firing their former employers that Becker’s has reported on in the last month:. 1. Theresa Gabana, MD, a former physician at Tufts Medical Center in Boston is suing her former employer, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after she refused the COVID-19 vaccine. In her Oct. 10 filing, Dr. Gabana alleged that she was fired in December 2021 after Tufts Medicine rejected her request for a religious exemption to the hospital’s vaccine requirement. Dr. Gabana, who worked at Tufts for nearly 30 years, seeks $5 million in compensation as well as another $1 million in punitive damages, according to the lawsuit.