Unprecedented Natural Disaster: An Update On Force Majeure In The Covid-19 Era
By EsqSocial Corporation 06/01/21
Individuals often resort to familiar turns of phrase when asked to describe the events of 2020, and particularly the COVID-19 pandemic. Some call it a catastrophe or a nightmare. Others opt for something more idiomatic—a dumpster fire. Over the last year, civil litigants asked several courts to consider the fitness of one particular description: is COVID-19 a “natural disaster”? In at least three cases, the answer was a vigorous “yes.”...
By: Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.