By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Capitol Times
Republican lawmakers are moving to make it harder for someone who contracts COVID-19 to sue the business where they believe they were infected or a company that made a device that did not provide the promised protection from the virus.
Legislation introduced Monday still preserves the right of all to sue those whose actions or inactions exposed them to the virus.
But the measure spells out that simply proving negligence by the business owner is not enough.
They would have to show that there was gross negligence. And that generally requires someone to convince a jury not only that the business failed to take some action to preclude the spread of the disease but that it was done in reckless disregard of the consequences.
