Should We Shield Businesses From COVID-19 Lawsuits?
The debate over liability and the coronavirus.
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As summer wanes, students at the University of New Hampshire are getting ready for school. They're buying school supplies. They're picking their classes. And they're having to decide whether to sign a strange document that might waive away legal rights to sue their school if they get sick or die on campus during a global pandemic. You know, typical back-to-school stuff.
The university insists the document is not a legal waiver. It says the document is an "informed consent agreement." But Heidi Li Feldman, a professor at Georgetown Law who
