Tennessee will extend its Covid-19 liability shield law for another year under legislation Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed Wednesday, joining Idaho and South Carolina in renewing pandemic-related lawsuit limitations that were set to expire.
The Tennessee measure, SB 2448, continues the partial immunity against lawsuits over Covid-19 exposure or illness, broadly protecting businesses, health-care providers, nonprofits, and others such as schools and churches.
- Thirty states enacted similar liability shields in 2020 and 2021. They mostly barred coronavirus-exposure lawsuits unless the person suing proves that their exposure was caused by an entity’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
- Many state-enacted liability ...
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