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.
Tort Liability
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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.
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Read more: The Pathology (and Politics) of Liability Shields The Pathology (and Politics) of Liability Shields
The COVID liability landscape has presented less of a narrative about the development of substantive torts doctrine and more a study in politics.
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Read more: Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response
Liability exposure encourages precautions through economic incentives rather than administrative agency directives.
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Read more: California Supreme Court to Decide If Employers May Be Liable for ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 California Supreme Court to Decide If Employers May Be Liable for ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19
Should an employer be held liable if an employee contracts COVID in the workplace and subsequently “takes it home” and infects a family member?
