News Legal Protections Make Class-Action Suits Against Cruise Lines an ‘Uphill Battle’ After two passengers on their luxury cruise tested positive for Covid-19 in March, Emilio and Barbara Hernandez were so frantic... Read More
News Companies Seek to Limit Legal Liability For Virus Infections As companies start planning their reopenings, business groups are pushing Congress to limit liability from potential lawsuits filed by workers... Read More
Southeast News Barges Hit Mississippi Bridge, Some Drift Into 2nd Bridge VICKSBURG, Miss. — Barges hit a 90-year-old railroad bridge over the Mississippi River, and some broke away and drifted back... Read More
News Insurers Want Taxpayers to Back Pandemic Coverage For Businesses The U.S. insurance industry is promoting the idea of an insurance plan backed by the federal government that would help... Read More
News Amazon Turns to Chinese Firm on U.S. Blacklist to Meet Thermal Camera Needs NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a... Read More
News Trump Order for Meat Processing Plants to Stay Open Eases Plant Owner’s Liability Fears WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to order U.S. meat processing plants facing concerns about coronavirus outbreaks to stay open... Read More
News Viewpoint: A Solution to the COVID-19 Liability Problem Whenever we’re ready to re-open Covid-closed businesses, we’ll have to resolve some important questions about how to do so safely.... Read More
West News California Virus War Slams Into Its Other Crisis: Wildfires A crisis California didn’t foresee — the Covid-19 pandemic — is complicating preparations for one that arrives with a vengeance... Read More
East News New York AG Raises Concerns About Amazon’s Pandemic Safety Practices Amazon.com Inc may have violated safety measures and labor practices amid the coronavirus pandemic as it fired a warehouse protest... Read More
International News World’s Mine Workers Resist Quick Restart Amid Coronavirus JOHANNESBURG/LIMA — As mining heavyweights South Africa and Peru move to lift coronavirus lockdowns, workers in deep mines are resisting... Read More