Colleges Asking Returning Athletes to Sign COVID-19 Risk Forms June 22, 2020 By Ralph D. Russo Ohio State calls it the Buckeye Acknowledgment and Pledge, a two-page document the school asked its athletes to sign before...
Iowa Republicans Push to Limit Coronavirus Liability June 11, 2020 By David Pitt Iowa Republican legislators are fast-tracking a bill that would give meatpacking plants, nursing homes and other businesses broad immunity from...
Senate Weighs Broad Coronavirus Liability Shield for Employers June 11, 2020 By Laura Litvan Senate Republicans are drafting legislation that would let employers choose which government coronavirus safety guidelines to follow in order to...
States Adding Laws to Shield Businesses From Liability for Coronavirus Claims June 2, 2020 By Jim Sams Four states have passed laws that grant businesses immunity from civil liability for claims relating to COVID-19, while legislation in...
U.S. Employers Shying Away From Using Coronavirus ‘Immunity’ Tests in Reopening May 19, 2020 By Caroline Humer and Timothy Aeppel U.S. employers have cooled to the idea of testing workers for possible immunity to the coronavirus as they prepare to...
Italy to Protect Businesses from Liability if Workers Catch Coronavirus: News Report May 18, 2020 By Ross Larsen Italian businesses that follow the health and safety rules are protected from liability in case returning workers catch coronavirus, the...
Few Coronavirus Liability Lawsuits Have Been Filed Thus Far May 15, 2020 By Tom Hals Businesses are urging U.S. lawmakers to shield companies from what they fear could be a flood of lawsuits by workers...
Debate Over Business Liability in Pandemic Turns to OSHA Regulation, CDC Guidelines May 13, 2020 By Ben Brody Congressional Republicans have made liability protection for employers a nonnegotiable demand in any new coronavirus stimulus, but Senator Lindsey Graham,...
Companies Need Safety From Lawsuits If They Protect Workers: Opinion May 11, 2020 By Michael R. Bloomberg, Bloomberg Opinion States that are reopening their economies even as cases of Covid-19 are still rising are threatening their own residents and...
Republicans Rally Around Call for Legal Immunity for Businesses When They Reopen May 4, 2020 By Richard Cowan, Susan Cornwell and David Morgan The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirus-related liability protections...