What about COVID-19 cases arising out of summer camps, including church camps?
For the clients, the major factor is damages. Pain and suffering is usually a minor component in injury cases. More critical are objective economic damages-- lost wages, past medical bills, future medical bills, loss of earning capacity. Most cases are minor and damages will be negligible. From an attorney standpoint, no one takes car accidents with contested liability and only two weeks of symptoms.
The next question is, who is the plaintiff? Are you talking campers or employees? Campers causation will be almost impossible given the potential lag time from infection to symptom manifestation, although in some cases there may be an outbreak with a known exposure. Almost zero kid cases will be worth taking from a damages standpoint since almost all recover quickly with no permanent identifiable harm.
Employees you might have a decent case IF 1) the employees remained onsite, i.e. no reasonable opportunity for them to have contracted it elsewhere 2) the camp was negligently failing to follow some identifiable protocols for preventing transmission (e.g. there are orders in place regarding space capacity, masks, etc. and camp is not following them) 3) the case is severe (hospitalization with ongoing issues, death) 4) No WC coverage exists, or WC exists but facts show gross negligence (which is plausible if there is a deliberate practice of disregarding health protocols).
If a camp has workers' compensation coverage, an employee will not be able to sue for damages. But an employee could file a workers' compensation claim, collect enhanced unemployment benefits through the CARES Act.
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