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Civil Litigation

Apr. 27, 2020

Nursing homes and other businesses seek tort immunity for coronavirus deaths or injuries

“It would ensure businesses deemed essential are protected and shielded from frivolous lawsuits in connection with the critical services that they provided during the emergency period,” said Kyla C. Powell of The Civil Justice Association of California.

Nursing homes and other businesses seek tort immunity for coronavirus deaths or injuries
Kyla C. Powell

Organizations representing nursing homes, retailers, trucking, agriculture, restaurants and grocers are lobbying Gov. Gavin Newsom for sweeping immunity against lawsuits related to COVID-19 while lawyers and scholars up and down the state hold conflicting views of this proposed emergency suspension of the tort system.

Kyla C. Powell, president and CEO of the Civil Justice Association of California, sent one of the appeals last week a...

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