NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Tennessee has agreed to pay its former top vaccine official $150,000 after she sued the state.

Dr. Michelle Fiscus was fired in 2021 after facing lots of criticism over her department’s efforts to promote COVID vaccines for minors.

Just days after she was fired, then-Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey and Chief Medical Officer Tim Jones released a letter detailing the reasons Fiscus was terminated.

Fiscus then filed a lawsuit, saying the letter was “defamatory.”

Over two years later, new documents obtained by News 2 showed the state of Tennessee has agreed to a comprise and settlement.