COVID-19 Legal Articles & Information

Summary Judgment Secured for Hospital in COVID-19 EDTPA Immunity Case
October 02, 2025
Law Firm: Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP

Summary Judgment Secured for Hospital in COVID-19 EDTPA Immunity Case
October 01, 2025
Law Firm: Marshall Dennehey

ummary Judgment Secured for Hospital in COVID-19 EDTPA Immunity Case
September 02, 2025
Law Firm: Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP

Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claim by Police Officer: E-Time Payments Not Evidence of Employer Liability
June 01, 2025
Author: Francis X. Wickersham
Law Firm: Marshall Dennehey

Commonwealth Court affirms denial of Reinstatement and Penalty Petitions in COVID-19 workers’ compensation case.
April 01, 2025
Author: Francis X. Wickersham
Law Firm: Marshall Dennehey

Claimant’s receipt of administrative time while out due to COVID-19 is not payment in lieu of workers’ compensation benefits.
March 01, 2025
Author: Francis X. Wickersham
Law Firm: Marshall Dennehey

COVID-19 Attached to Surfaces Is Not “Direct Physical Loss of or Damage to Property” $12 Million Damage Award Reversed
February 05, 2025
Law Firm: Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P.

New Jersey Appellate Division finds the decedent, a full-time teacher who died of COVID-19, was an essential employee.
January 01, 2025
Author: Kiara K. Kyung Hartwell
Law Firm: Marshall Dennehey

Illinois Supreme Court Recognizes Broad Statutory Immunity to Health Care Facilities Invoked by COVID-19 Executive Order
October 24, 2024
Author: Garret L. Boehm, Jr., Sammi Lynnette Renken, Gregory E. Schiller, Daniel M. Yukich
Law Firm: Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Johnson & Bell, Ltd.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Rules That COVID-19 Closure Claims Are Not Covered in Pennsylvania, Absent Physical Damage to Property
September 26, 2024
Author: Todd J. Leon
Law Firm: Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Summary Judgment Obtained in COVID-19 Related Negligence Case
August 06, 2024
Law Firm: Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP

Business Interruption Losses Due to COVID-19 Do Not Constitute Direct Physical Loss in New Jersey
June 17, 2024
Law Firm: Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP

Insurer Declared a Prevailing Party, Entitled to Court Costs in COVID-19 Coverage Lawsuit
March 15, 2024
Law Firm: Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P.

HHS & DOJ FY 2022 Enforcement Targeted Fraud in COVID-19, Telemedicine, Opioid and Prescription Drugs, and Substance Use Treatment Centers, Among Other Initiatives
December 01, 2023
Author: Amy Jessica Dilcher, Megan Miller, Elizabeth Nevins, Mackenzie Wortley
Law Firm: Sheppard Mullin

Connecticut Supreme Court Curtails COVID-19 Liability Shield
October 17, 2023
Law Firm: Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP

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