Coronavirus-related lawsuits driven by trial lawyers are already beginning. Healthcare workers, hospitals and manufacturers fighting today’s unknowns will face liability in the future as information is discovered. Congress and state legislatures can act now to protect them.
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View COVID-19 ResourcesTrial attorneys are using a centuries-old legal tool, public nuisance lawsuits, to blame industry for various societal ills ranging from coronavirus to climate change.
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While COVID-19 relief efforts stall in Congress, public support for aid to small businesses and others impacted by the pandemic remains high. According to a new survey released today by […]
Juliette Fairley of the St. Louis Record reports on the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision not to review a $2 billion verdict.
ATRA President Tiger Joyce penned an op-ed for Law360 on the surge of COVID-19-related lawsuits targeting the insurance industry.
Nicholas Malfitano of the Pennsylvania Record writes about the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on jurisdiction in a lawsuit filed by an out-of-state resident.
ATRA praises the passage of HB 6030 in Michigan, enacting COVID-19 liability protections.
ATRA’s statement on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s ruling in Hammons v. Ethicon to allow an out-of-state lawsuit to continue, openly defying SCOTUS precedent.
