COVID-19 claims are here, and they will multiply exponentially. Less than two weeks into the first state-wide quarantines, we began to see ads for plaintiff counsel declaring themselves coronavirus infection attorneys. Aging services have been an early target for both direct and indirect COVID-19 claims, and now healthcare facilities of all varieties are being targeted. Thousands of claims for business…
On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released an order cautioning companies to inform investors of potential COVID-19 related business risks. Unfortunately, the SEC’s cautionary statement did not appear to prevent corrupt practices within the corporate sector. By April 2020, the first wave of allegations involving coronavirus-related securities fraud and misconduct by major corporate directors and officers…
THE LAY OF THE LAND Title 85A. Administrative Workers’ Compensation System §85A-65. Occupational Disease If an employee suffers from an occupational disease as defined in this section and is disabled or dies as a result of the disease, the employee, or in case of death, his or her dependents, shall be entitled to compensation as if the disability or death…
