Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by Republicans in Congress to give such outfits legal immunity. Behemoths like Walmart and Tyson Foods, which have been the target of COVID-19-related lawsuits,… Continue reading Businesses, Lacking Legal Immunity, Fear COVID-19 Lawsuits
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Senators, Business and Labor Feel Their Way on Virus Liability
Congressional Republicans have made liability protection for employers a nonnegotiable demand in any new coronavirus stimulus, but Senator Lindsey Graham, an ally of President Donald Trump, says that regulators have a role to play in the workplace. The government must “tell the employers what they need to do to protect the workers and hold them… Continue reading Senators, Business and Labor Feel Their Way on Virus Liability