If cases of COVID-19 are traced to a business that has openly operated in violation of local, state, and Centers for Disease Control guidelines for COVID-19 safety, can the patrons of those businesses who contract COVID-19 or the families of those who die from COVID-19 sue those businesses for pain, suffering, loss, or wrongful death?
Wayne Montgomery
Grover Beach
This article appears in Dec 17-27, 2020.
Conversely, if a city overrides a STATE-issued health safety mandate, and allows on-site eating, and the restaurant then allows patrons to actually dine on their premises does that
1) VOID any injury/liability coverage protection with their insurance company, and
2) VOID any chance at Federal- or State-level emergency financial assistance?
Hard to argue you’re “suffering” a state-declared emergency when the city makes a selfish financial decision to override that emergency declaration.
Things those in the public sector don’t have ANY experience thinking about when making these bone-headed decisions. When a teacher on the public tit is the mayor, don’t expect real-world financial acumen.