Should You Be Able To Sue a Business for Exposing You to Coronavirus?
What about the flu? Lawyers are licking their chops. At first this legislation may protect business from frivolous lawsuits. But then it will become: Do exactly as the government says or else get sued into oblivion.
Senator Cornyn’s bill says that businesses that aren’t reckless should be protected. Is this appropriate?
(From Reason)
“As states gradually reopen their economies, frontline health care workers, small businesses, and schools face a second pandemic of frivolous lawsuits threatening to bankrupt them,” said Cornyn in a press release when his bill was introduced. “This legislation would protect those acting in good faith from being sued into oblivion while ensuring bad actors who willingly put their patients, employees, or customers in danger will still be held accountable.”
This article was originally posted here: https://www.ac2news.com/2020/09/should-you-be-able-to-sue-a-business-for-exposing-you-to-coronavirus/.
