Welcome to the eighth issue of the 2021 edition of Unprecedented. Perhaps the biggest news from these last two weeks was the decision to suspend administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pending investigation into blood...more
In this 30th issue of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, we continue to see cases challenging shutdown orders and capacity limits from restaurant and other business owners, including a possible...more
11/2/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Disney ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Eviction ,
Governor Newsom ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Moratorium ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Property Damage ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Workplace Safety
This 27th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us start with a discussion of a trend toward class actions, with later discussions on two key areas -- insurance coverage disputes and...more
10/13/2020
/ Audits ,
Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Civil Liability ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Emergency Powers ,
Executive Orders ,
Firemen ,
Governor Hogan ,
Governor Whitmer ,
Governor Wolf ,
Meat Processing Plants ,
MI Supreme Court ,
Nursing Homes ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Patent Infringement ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Refunds ,
SCOTUS ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Sick Employees ,
Students ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Waivers ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more
10/10/2020
/ Alabama ,
Breach of Contract ,
Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
Churches ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Contamination ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Duty of Care ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Family Members ,
Governor Wolf ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Lack of Authority ,
Masks ,
Nursing Homes ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Pennsylvania ,
Popular ,
Property Damage ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Protests ,
Public Gatherings ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Reimbursements ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Remote Learning ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Sick Employees ,
Split of Authority ,
State Legislatures ,
Statutory Immunity ,
Students ,
Take-Home Exposure ,
TRO ,
Universities ,
Veterans ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
This 25th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees yet more litigation over government restrictions on business and mass-gatherings. Several of these cases have seemingly been prompted...more
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic crisis—infecting more than 2.7 million people worldwide, with almost 870,000 cases in the United States alone as of the writing of this article—has thrown nearly every industry into chaos as the...more
4/28/2020
/ Confiscated Property ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Powers ,
Executive Orders ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Lack of Authority ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Devices ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Supply Shortages