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Valerie Gutmann Koch

Chloe Reichel is the Petrie-Flom Center’s Communications Manager. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Bill of Health blog and leads the Center’s broader communications efforts.

Blog Symposia

October 11, 2022

The Impossibility of Legal Accountability for COVID-19 Torts

Torts scholars reflect on questions surrounding whether and how entities might be held liable for the harms associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

The Impossibility of Legal Accountability for COVID-19 Torts
Bioethics

March 30, 2020

Pandemic Guidelines, Not Changed Malpractice Rules, Are the Right Response to COVID-19

By Valerie Gutmann Koch, Govind Persad, and Wendy Netter Epstein On March 17, the Washington Post published an op-ed by Dr. Jeremy Faust, titled Make This Simple Change to Free Up Hospital Beds Now. In…

Pandemic Guidelines, Not Changed Malpractice Rules, Are the Right Response to COVID-19

Valerie Gutmann Koch

The Impossibility of Legal Accountability for COVID-19 Torts

The Impossibility of Legal Accountability for COVID-19 Torts

Pandemic Guidelines, Not Changed Malpractice Rules, Are the Right Response to COVID-19

Pandemic Guidelines, Not Changed Malpractice Rules, Are the Right Response to COVID-19