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Thousands admitted to hospitals for other reasons ended up with Covid-19

When hospitals too often fail to disclose and to adequately deal with their problems, patients and their loved ones suffer. That’s what happened during the coronavirus pandemic, when individuals admitted for other reasons...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

TBI and COVID: A Dangerous Combination

Earlier this year the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) issued an open letter encouraging all individuals with brain injury to get a COVID vaccine. ...more

Clark Hill PLC

A New Kind of Covid Immunity: Here’s What You Need To Know About Arizona’s New Law Protecting Businesses From Covid Lawsuits

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Over the past year, the big story has been the search for vaccines to protect people from Covid-19. You can’t vaccinate a business, but Arizona businesses are now protected from liability related to Covid-19. ...more

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Insurance regulatory news, March 2021 # 5

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Settling RTA whiplash-related injuries without a medical report - The Civil Liability (Specification of Authorised Persons) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/326) have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The...more

Sands Anderson PC

Is Compensation Provided for COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries?

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently authorized the use of a third vaccine against the SARS CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) that is manufactured by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson &...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Robins Kaplan Justice Report Fall 2020 | VOL. 14 NO. 4

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Marquardt v. Schaffhausen, 941 N.W.2d 715 (Minn. 2020), for example, is a medical malpractice action where Patricia Marquardt suffered a brain injury when she developed an untreated infection after undergoing a knee...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Premises Liability Concerns as Hotels Re-Open in the Wake of COVID-19

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COVID-19 has ravaged the economy, with the hospitality industry feeling especially compromised. Fear of community spread of the virus through travel and group events has dramatically reduced occupancy rates across the...more

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A Look at Covid-19 Litigation and Key Considerations to Mitigate Potential Litigation

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Since March 2020, approximately 4,219 Covid-19 related cases have been filed across the United States, including: 1,004 Insurance Related Cases... 716 Prisoner/Habeas Corpus Cases... 538 Civil Rights Cases... 415 Labor and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Palsgraf goes viral: Viruses as the proximate cause of an injury

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A central question in every tort case is what caused the injury. The question of proximate cause does not end with the inquiry of whether it is possible for a particular product or act to cause an injury, but also whether it...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Causation Defenses to Premises Liability Claims Involving Alleged Exposure to COVID-19

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Businesses that re-open to the public could potentially find themselves facing premises liability claims from customers who allege that they contracted COVID-19 on the premises due to the business’s negligence....more

Chartwell Law

Commercial General Liability Insurance Policies and Their Application to COVID-19 Bodily Injury Claims

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According to the Center for Disease Control, as of March 27, 2020 there were 85,356 COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S., with 1,246 related deaths. These numbers are expected to grow significantly over the coming weeks. This...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Client Alert: Your Insurance Checklist for COVID-19 Impacts and Losses

As business losses caused by COVID-19 begin to mount, you should carefully review your insurance policies to determine whether you may be covered. Neal Gerber Eisenberg’s Insurance Policyholder practice group can assist you...more

Goodwin

Insurance Considerations in Light of COVID-19

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In the recent weeks our risk management team has identified a number of insurance-related issues relevant to clients dealing with the outbreak of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, that we felt...more

Cozen O'Connor

Rough Seas for the Cruise Industry

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In what is no doubt the beginning of a tsunami of lawsuits (pun intended) against the cruise industry arising from the coronavirus pandemic what we understand to be the first lawsuit against Princess Cruise Lines has recently...more

White and Williams LLP

CGL Coverage and Coronavirus: Is Causing Exposure an “Occurrence”?

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There is only one thing that can be said for sure about the extent of consequences — human and economic — of the new coronavirus outbreak. Nobody knows. But, as things stand now, minor, and even moderate, have left the barn. ...more

Jones Day

Time for a Policy Checkup: Maximizing Insurance Coverage for Coronavirus Losses

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The Situation: Declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, and with more than 17,000 cases already confirmed worldwide, preliminary estimates indicate that the latest coronavirus outbreak may not peak...more

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