Medical workers and pedestrians cross an intersection outside of the Houston Methodist Hospital on June 09, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Getty Images/Brandon Bell A federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by over 100 Houston Methodist employees. The workers alleged the hospital's COVID-19 vaccine mandate forced them to be "human guinea pigs." The judge said the workers were not being forced or coerced to take a vaccine. See more stories on Insider's business page. A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit from more than 100 hospital employees who sued Houston Methodist over its policy requiring all staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19.The workers alleged in their lawsuit that the hospital was "forcing its employees to be human 'guinea pigs' as a condition for continued employment." They also accused the hospital of violating the Nuremberg Code of 1947, likening the vaccine mandate to Nazi medical experimentation on concentration camp prisoners.US District Judge Lynn Hughes was not sympathetic to either argument, writing in his order of dismissal Saturday evening that none of the employees were forced or coerced to take the vaccine.