How the Unpredictable Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Infection Pose a Challenge That Tort Law Cannot Meet
Statutes of limitation present a significant hurdle for plaintiffs experiencing harms from COVID-19 infection.
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Read more: The Unfurling Crisis of Unfunded Isolation, Testing, and Treatment of Infectious Disease in the US The Unfurling Crisis of Unfunded Isolation, Testing, and Treatment of Infectious Disease in the US
Infection in this country can force people into (or deeper into) a viral underclass.
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Read more: U.S. Eviction Policy is Harming Children: The Case for Sustainable Eviction Prevention to Promote Health Equity U.S. Eviction Policy is Harming Children: The Case for Sustainable Eviction Prevention to Promote Health Equity
The approach to housing policy in this moment will dictate both the status of health equity and the extent of childhood well-being across the country.
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Read more: The Supreme Court Threatens to Undermine Vaccination Decisions Entrusted to the States The Supreme Court Threatens to Undermine Vaccination Decisions Entrusted to the States
The Supreme Court seems poised to say that the existence of a secular medical exemption to vaccine mandates means a state must offer a religious exemption.
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Read more: Sweet Land of Immunity Sweet Land of Immunity
But in the crisis, / immunities rained down, / Tossed freely around like candy at a 4th of July parade
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Read more: Using Legal Preparedness to Minimize Liability Barriers to Accessing Pandemic Vaccine and Medical Countermeasures Using Legal Preparedness to Minimize Liability Barriers to Accessing Pandemic Vaccine and Medical Countermeasures
Inefficiencies in negotiating vaccine procurement agreements during COVID-19 could have been attenuated with greater legal preparedness.
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Read more: Liability for COVID-19 Vaccine Harms: We Need to Do Better Liability for COVID-19 Vaccine Harms: We Need to Do Better
There are two key reasons why no-fault compensation is preferable to the regular torts system for handling claims of vaccine harms.
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Read more: In-Flight COVID Transmission: Surveying the Liability Landscape In-Flight COVID Transmission: Surveying the Liability Landscape
Do airlines have legal obligations to manage the risk of in-flight infections?
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Read more: Relying on the Unreliable? COVID-19 Claims Can’t Proceed Without a Proper Standard of Care Relying on the Unreliable? COVID-19 Claims Can’t Proceed Without a Proper Standard of Care
Without a reliable standard of care, COVID-19 tort claims should not see the success achieved in other contagious disease cases.
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Read more: Tort Liability for Faculty Who Fail to Tell the Class About COVID Cases in Their Midst Tort Liability for Faculty Who Fail to Tell the Class About COVID Cases in Their Midst
Faculty should not assume that keeping mum about known cases of COVID is legally acceptable.
