Civil Litigation
Jul. 29, 2020
Few COVID personal injury lawsuits have been filed, database indicates
The monitored liability lawsuits differ from business interruption cases challenging insurers over government shutdown orders, which take up the lion’s share of total lawsuits. Those lawsuits, along with civil rights cases challenging stay-at-home orders and prisoner-release petitions, make up nearly 60% of total cases, according to the database.
Personal injury lawsuits make up only 4.7% of claims related to COVID-19, suggesting a tidal wave of suits over contracting the virus has not taken place, according to a national database that is tracking litigation.
The finding by the American Association for Justice, a plaintiff-side organization, and Hunton Andrews Kurth, which represents companies, goes against leading Senate Republicans who are lobbying for business liability pr...
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