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Right now, health care workers need to save lives, not worry about future lawsuits. That’s why governors in at least seven states have followed the urging of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to issue executive orders protecting hospitals and medical professionals against liability suits over injuries related to the pandemic.

Claims have been filed against hospitals and senior-living facilities, airlines and cruise lines, fitness chains and the entertainment industry, making clear the virus has caused widespread hardship and that the full scope of its economic toll remains to be seen.

Cornell University is facing a class action from spring 2020 students who allege they are not receiving the educational services or quality of learning they paid for since the school’s COVID-19 campus closure.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the next coronavirus relief legislation must include liability protections for business owners who reopen and indicated he would be open to some aid for beleaguered states.

As states like Georgia, Tennessee and Texas start to reopen their economies, business leaders are left with some tough decisions. Open up and risk being sued by customers and employees who contract COVID-19, or stay closed and get sued for failing to fulfill contracts with other companies? Allow infected workers back on the job, or risk a lawsuit by making them stay home?

Millions of Americans will lose their jobs and tens of thousands will die from Covid-19. Leave it to the plaintiff bar to make money off the misery.

During a coronavirus task force briefing Monday, President Trump said the administration would like to avoid making companies face liability if employees who are sent back to work contract the virus while on the job.

Whenever U.S. stores, restaurants and theaters reopen from coronavirus shutdowns, they may face an unexpected problem: lawsuits from sick patrons and workers.

Companies that are shifting operations to make masks, ventilators and other medical equipment are taking on compliance and liability risks as they work to fight the new coronavirus, legal experts say.

In good economic times, the burdens of big government and excessive regulation are easy for many to ignore. When the system comes under heavy strain, however, those costs quickly become intolerable.