The COVID-19 pandemic has seen numerous lawsuits arise as the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread across America.
A New Mexico man claims the state wouldn't let him have a surgery since it was elective. Numerous businesses have claimed they weren't allowed to open. Numerous lawsuits in the state want prisoners released or better conditions for the prisoners.

Two employees in the state claim they were forced to work in violation of a public health order. A former Dallas County jail employee said that he was fired because he reported concerns about working with an infected colleague to a Department of Corrections hotline.
Civil rights groups claim the Clayton County Sheriff's Office in Georgia is failing to protect people in an Atlanta jail from the pandemic. A lawsuit has been filed regarding the COVID-19 conditions inside the federal prison in Sheridon, Oregon. A nursing home employee has claimed she was fired because she told her boss that she would self-quarantine.

Four categories of virus litigation are of particular note lately: COVID-19 Workplace-Related Deaths Several families have taken Tyson Fresh Meats in Waterloo, Iowa to court over the deaths of their family members who worked there.
They allege fraudulent misrepresentation and Universitas Alma Ata Yogyakarta gross negligence, claiming Tyson let workers and subcontractors from a plant closed by a COVID-19 outbreak work at Waterloo in April. They claim supervisors told employers that sick workers just had the flu and warned them not to talk about the virus at work.

Companies must give their workers a safe place to work by law. The ongoing pandemic adds new elements to the safe workplace. Employers may be liable for damages if they fail to make sure that social distancing is properly executed in the workplace, or if they fail to give adequate personal protective equipment to their workers.
A company may be found liable for one of their workers dying from the virus if the worker caught the virus at the workplace and the workplace was unsafe. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new order in May making sure California families can receive worker's compensation benefits when their loved ones catch the virus at work and die.

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push(); A San Diego nursing home has been accused of negligence in responding to the pandemic.

There are claims the nursing home failed to isolate a patient from "infected residents and/or staff," was understaffed and that the nursing home failed to provide adequate personal protective equipment, test staff and residents, limit visits, adequately train staff regarding pandemic precautions and warn residents and their families about the virus.
United States nursing homes must develop and maintain an infection control program "designed to provide a safe, sanitary and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of disease and infection." This program is not optional.

It is mandatory under federal law. Nursing homes may be liable for the deaths of patients who die from the virus because an infection control program was not adequately maintained. COVID-19 Cruise Ship-Related Deaths A lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Corporation and their subsidiary Holland America claims that the crew of the MS Zaandam failed to adequately screen onboarding passengers for the virus and "made no COVID-19 specific efforts to prevent or contain contagion." Carnival and Princess are also accused of knowingly assisting the spread of the virus on their ships.

The companies are accused of failing to adequately test or screen passengers and failing to adequately clean or sanitize their ships. The complaint accuses Princess of failing to inform passengers that passengers on a ship's previous voyage had tested positive for the virus until the cruise had already begun. Denials of COVID-19 Related Business Interruption Insurance Claims Business interruption insurance helps business owners recover the income and extra expenses lost when a covered peril shuts the business down. Covered perils can range from lightning, falling objects and wind to fire and theft.

What is key here is the specific language in your specific policy which defines covered perils. Many business owners are filing business interruption insurance claims because the pandemic shut their business down. Many of these owners are finding their claims denied by the insurance company.
Some of these claims are possibly being denied wrongly. Insurance companies will sometimes deny claims and base the denial on policy language which is unenforceable because it is too vague. A lawyer may be able to assist policy holders if they are covered under their policy.

Jeffrey Nadrich is the managing partner of Nadrich & Cohen, LLP, a California personal injury law firm which represents COVID-19 plaintiffs.