Bill to Limit Small Business’ Exposure to COVID Lawsuits Pre-Filed
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(R-Palmer) has filed legislation intended to limit small businesses’ liability against frivolous COVID lawsuits.
“COVID brought a lot of new realities for Alaska and for the world in 2020. Working in real-time to find solutions, Alaskan businesses worked diligently to put in place safeguards to operate safely and protect the public from COVID,” said Rep. Johnson. “We need to protect them now.”
HB 4, if passed, would provide businesses with immunity from liability and disciplinary action that might be brought due to exposure to COVID-19.
“Even with dedicated resources, COVID-19 infections are often untraceable. We already have a record number of businesses being forced to close their doors; we can’t allow our already-economically distressed businesses to be dragged into years of expensive litigation”