Federal Judge Dismisses Wife’s COVID-19 Tort Suit Against Husband’s Employer
By EsqSocial Corporation 14/05/21
On May 10, 2021, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit filed by the wife of a construction worker against his employer after he allegedly contracted COVID-19 at his workplace and transmitted it to her. The wife’s claim was novel in that it alleged her husband’s employer owed her, a nonemployee, a duty to keep her safe from COVID-19....
By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,