When the courts closed in March 2020 due to COVID-19, few would have foreseen the impact on so many aspects of the mass tort landscape. Judges, attorneys, defendants, and plaintiffs alike are all feeling the ripple effects of a system that was paralyzed for nearly...
Remote Depositions Post COVID
By Guest Author: Carrie O. Titus, Esq. National Director of Litigation, Asbestos Group Practice Leader | PohlmanUSA Ph: 314.678.5803 | Carrie@pohlmanUSA.com Lawyers want business as usual, but earlier this year a little thing known as COVID-19 changed the...
Litigation Update: Claims Notices Filed Over COVID-19 Infections in NJ Veterans’ Homes
As the COVID-19 outbreaks impacted nursing homes and long term care facilities across the country, state-run veterans’ homes were among the hardest hit. In New Jersey, two locations in particular stand out - Menlo Park and Paramus. As of June 23, there were 378...
Data Tells Many Stories Behind the COVID-19 Impact on Nursing Homes
Data Analysis by: Robert Koehl, Verus' Analytics Manager and Jose Thomas, Verus' Senior Statistician The news is filled every day with pandemic-related statistics: number of new cases, number of deaths, number of recoveries and so on. But what’s the real story behind...
Assessing the Potential for Successful COVID Insurance Claims
By Guest Author: Gagan Gupta Insurance Disputes Division | Paynter Law Ph: (844) 272-5435 | ggupta@paynterlaw.com Almost every state and local government across the country has entered “shelter in place” or shutdown orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....
As Reported Cases of COVID-19 Near 750,000, the United States Sees First Employee Lawsuit Filed for COVID-19-Related Death
By Guest Author: Mark S. Heinzelman Associate, Environmental Law & Litigation | Lowenstein Sandler PC Ph: 973.422.2946 | mheinzelmann@lowenstein.com COVID-19 is at this point ubiquitous, affecting our daily lives in myriad ways. But it has not...