Law in the Time of Corona
The jury is still out on how our legal system ultimately will respond to COVID-19 claims, but we have seen enough at this point to begin making some preliminary general observations.
May 23, 2020 at 03:09 PM
7 minute read
At the end of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's critically acclaimed novel, "Love in the Time of Cholera," two lovers are the last passengers on a ship that is about to dock at its final port on a river. The lovers ask the captain of the ship to raise the yellow flag of cholera so that the port will not allow the ship to dock, and the lovers can avoid the scandal of being seen together publicly. The lovers are then exiled to cruise the river forever because of the supposed cholera outbreak onboard the ship. Lawyers in the time of the corona similarly feel perhaps exiled forever from the law practice that existed before the onset of the deadly coronavirus, or COVID-19.
COVID-19 has sickened millions and killed hundreds of thousands, worldwide. COVID-19's sudden appearance and the dramatic shutdown of the world in response to it have forced quarantines, shuttered businesses, and thrown markets and the economy into dizzying tailspins. COVID-19 also has been fertile ground for lawsuits of all types.
There are four primary types of COVID-19 litigation: 1) claims against businesses that deal with captive populations, 2) claims by employees against their employers for failing to adequately protect the employees, 3) claims related to business disruptions, and 4) claims against insurers.
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