COVID-19 Liability and Litigation

The COVID-19 global pandemic has created a cottage industry for trial lawyers seeking to file lawsuits against companies they believe did not protect employees or consumers from the virus, against health care workers who may have been unable to treat patients in a timely manner during the pandemic, against manufacturers who shifted their production capabilities to fill needs for critical supplies during the pandemic, and many other lawsuits yet to be filed.

The Problem

Small and large businesses, health care workers, and hospitals were forced to make decisions and follow guidelines set forth by governments which may have shifted as more became known about the highly contagious coronavirus. Learn more about COVID-19 liability.

ATRA’s Position

ATRA supports legislation providing liability protection for critical industries and workers who aided in the fight against coronavirus.

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COVID-19 Liability and Litigation News and Press

Explore ATRA's most recent press releases and blogs around COVID-19 Liability and Litigation

Lawsuits on Covid Vaccine Mandates Next Liability Threat

The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) recently hosted a webinar anal...

Covid Liability Protections Signed Into Law in Missouri

Critical COVID liability protection legislation supported by the American ...

Florida Enacts Covid Liability Protections

This week, the state of Florida took another strong step in improving its ...

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Search through all of ATRA's Amicus Briefs, Reports, and Other Resources around COVID-19 Liability and Litigation
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Monsanto v. Durnell
(U.S., filed May 9, 2025): Arguing that the Missouri Court of Appeals and other appellate courts have gutted FIFRA’s express preemption provision, al...
SCOTUS
  • Case Not Yet Decided iconCase Not Yet Decided
Gill v. Exxon Mobil Corp. 
(Pa. App., filed June 23, 2025) Arguing that trial courts must zealously ensure the integrity and fairness of the jury system throughout the trial pr...
Drake v. Bayer
(9th Circ., filed March 24, 2025): Arguing that Article III and the Rules Enabling Act preclude construing Rule 23 to permit certification of a class ...
California
9th Circuit
  • Case Not Yet Decided iconCase Not Yet Decided
BRP Group, Inc. v. Wagner
(DE, filed April 15, 2025): Arguing that the carveout in the final clause of Section 6 of S.B. 313 amounts to an unconstitutional bill of attainder an...
Delaware
  • Case Not Yet Decided iconCase Not Yet Decided
Newman v. Bayer Inc.
(2nd Circ., filed April 9, 2025): Arguing that Article III and the Rules Enabling Act preclude construing Rule 23 to permit certification of a class l...
2nd Circuit
  • Case Not Yet Decided iconCase Not Yet Decided
The Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Quest for the Holy Grail
One can only imagine the scene inside the plaintiffs’ lawyers’ R&D laboratory for expansive liability theories when they created today’s public nu...
Perlmutter v. Federal Insurance Company, Harold Perenboom, and William Douberley
(Fl., filed March 20, 2025): Section 768.72 of Florida law deliberately altered the common law to raise the evidentiary burden for recovering punitive...
Florida
  • Case Not Yet Decided iconCase Not Yet Decided
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis et. al.
(U.S., filed March 12, 2025): Arguing that Rule 23(b)(3) does not circumvent fundamental limitations on federal jurisdiction in class actions.  The co...
SCOTUS
  • Case Not Yet Decided iconCase Not Yet Decided
Legal Services Advertising in the United States – 2020-2024
In 2024, it is estimated that more than $2.5 billion were spent on more than 26.9 million ads across all analyzed mediums for legal services or solici...
Smith Jr. v. Terumo BCT, Inc.
(Co. App., filed March 3, 2025): Arguing that traditional tort-law principles preclude medical monitoring as a claim or remedy without present physica...
Colorado
  • Court Ruled in Favor of ATRA's Position iconCourt Ruled in Favor of ATRA's Position



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