Torts/Personal Injury,
Law Practice,
Covid Columns,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 21, 2022
COVID-19 negligent exposure cases: Not a plaintiff’s paradise
While the factual circumstances underlying COVID-19 negligence lawsuits may be as novel as the virus itself and often present issues of first instance in the courts, the majority of the legal defenses that bar these suits, typically as early as the pleading stage, are not based on equally novel legal principles.
J. Kevin Morrison
Partner
Altair Law LLP
369 Pine St Ste 600
San Francisco , CA 94104
Email: kmorrison@altairlaw.us
The extent of the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, to both life and health, continues to be carefully calculated and assessed by governments and public health agencies since the outbreak of the virus. As expected, the legal establishment has also kept a close watch over the effects of the pandemic on the legal system, paying particular attention to the rate of increase in pandemic-related tort litigation and to the types of lawsuits most likely to account ...
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