Joe Orzano and Mike Jusczyk to Present FBA Webinar "Overview of Customer Premises Liability Claims Based on Alleged Exposure to COVID-19"

Webinar

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Central
11:00 am – 11:00 am Mountain
10:00 am – 11:00 am Pacific

On Friday, July 10, 2020, Seyfarth attorneys Joe Orzano and Michael Jusczyk will present a Federal Bar Association webinar titled, Overview of Customer Premises Liability Claims Based on Alleged Exposure to COVID-19 . 

This CLE will cover customer-based premises liability claims that retailers may face as they reopen to the public during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We will provide an overview of premises liability theory and elements of the claim and examine past court cases addressing the spread of communicable diseases. We will then address ways to mitigate retailers’ potential legal exposure, along with theories we expect may be raised by plaintiffs’ counsel. The CLE will conclude with thoughts about the nature of the legal exposure from such claims and how cases may be resolved, followed by a question and answer session.

Key topics to be discussed:

• The ways in which Courts may apply existing concepts of premises liability law to COVID-19 exposure claims.
•  Steps retailers can take to mitigate the legal risk of premises liability claims based on alleged exposure to COVID-19.
•  Potential defenses to claims of COVID-19 exposure.

This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.