Coronavirus (COVID-19) is too exciting for adults to discuss (CLOSED)

[Fungo Squiggly]

Sounds like my wife is out of work until probably at least January. Yaaaaay, single-income household.



It's a good thing she works in the arts and it might be cheaper if she isn't working.

 

[heisman]

I was thinking the other day that I haven’t seen/heard about any COVID lawsuits and wondering when those are actually going to start hitting.

There are a ton of them pending right now. Hoping for insurance coverage/settlements is my guess. You literally have no way of proving where you got a virus, so they won’t hold up if they go to court. Especially one where 40% of those afflicted are asymptomatic.

 

[heisman]

Will parents have to sign off not suing schools should a kid get sick or even die? I guess the schools would want that.

No, they will just send their kids to school in those advanced countries that you’re going to tell us all about.

 

[heisman]

Sounds like my wife is out of work until probably at least January. Yaaaaay, single-income household.



It's a good thing she works in the arts and it might be cheaper if she isn't working.

You’re about to get real busy!!

 

[buckeyebri]

There are a ton of them pending right now. Hoping for insurance coverage/settlements is my guess. You literally have no way of proving where you got a virus, so they won’t hold up if they go to court. Especially one where 40% of those afflicted are asymptomatic.

I know my wife’s company who never shut down or really did anything for employees safety during this has all of a sudden decided they are going to start following the State guidelines for operating

 

[Thump]

Will parents have to sign off not suing schools should a kid get sick or even die? I guess the schools would want that.

Or a staff member dying.

The litigious possibilities are endless.

 

[heisman]

I know my wife’s company who never shut down or really did anything for employees safety during this has all of a sudden decided they are going to start following the State guidelines for operating

A lot of people gaming the unemployment system more than trying to sue right now. The nursing homes are the ones dealing with an overload of litigation.

 

[Taosman]

Urban and Shelley wearing masks

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

You’re about to get real busy!!

Ugh. You're telling me. I am not looking forward to the long days in here in July. It's going to be miserable and hot.

 

[lvbuckeye]

What about immuno-compromised staff or their spouses, pregnant staff etc....?

They're going to die. Everyone is going to die.

 

[Bucklion]

Will parents have to sign off not suing schools should a kid get sick or even die? I guess the schools would want that.

I was thinking the other day that I haven’t seen/heard about any COVID lawsuits and wondering when those are actually going to start hitting.

I find it hard to see what liability anyone will have, beyond any other disease. I guess the lawsuits will really hit for cases that develop after all of this initial smoke has cleared. But what negligence would a school or business have, unless you could show they sent people they knew to be infected back to work/school? I suppose now it will be “you didn’t take enough precautions” which to me seems awfully subjective.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Dammit, I'm no longer safe when I'm banging hookers with my mask on?

FML

How many of your hookers are emitting semen?!?!

I kind of avoid this thread due to some of the political nonsense, but I am damn glad I got to read this.

 

[buckeyebri]

I find it hard to see what liability anyone will have, beyond any other disease. I guess the lawsuits will really hit for cases that develop after all of this initial smoke has cleared. But what negligence would a school or business have, unless you could show they sent people they knew to be infected back to work/school? I suppose now it will be “you didn’t take enough precautions” which to me seems awfully subjective.

If they forced people to work that were non essential or didn’t provide a safe environment according to the rules laid down by the State/Feds then I could see it being a litigious situation.

 

[heisman]

If they forced people to work that were non essential or didn’t provide a safe environment according to the rules laid down by the State/Feds then I could see it being a litigious situation.

Unless OSHA or similar is tasked with compliance, I just don’t see it. You need ignored compliance or negligence for a successful lawsuit. Right now, depending on your state, there is only generic guidance or suggestions.

 

[buckeyebri]

Unless OSHA or similar is tasked with compliance, I just don’t see it. You need ignored compliance or negligence for a successful lawsuit. Right now, depending on your state, there is only generic guidance or suggestions.

We’re such a litigious society that I can see the potential for it. I would say there was a lot of ignored compliance.