The Property Line Season 1, Episode 5: COVID-19 Liability Shield Legislation

The Property Line is a brief and lively discussion of the biggest issues facing the commercial real estate industry. The podcast will deliver insights from Seyfarth’s real estate lawyers and other industry leaders on current market trends and how they impact all facets of commercial real estate.

This multipart series explores the impact of COVID-19 on commercial leasing and examines new retail leasing issues that will likely live on well past the pandemic. The series is led by Eric Greenberg and James O’Brien, two Seyfarth real estate attorneys who handle commercial real estate issues for some of the nation’s largest retailers and landlords.

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Episode 5: COVID-19 Liability Shield Legislation

As the pandemic rages on, retailers that are operating face the threat of negligence claims by customers and vendors alleging a failure by the retailers to protect them from the spread of the virus. Although congress has resisted liability shield legislation at the Federal level, a handful of states have enacted a variety of different liability shield laws aimed at protecting businesses against COVID-19 related claims. Rebecca Woods, a Seyfarth Litigation partner, returns this episode for a discussion on:

• The purpose of liability shield laws
• Limitations to, and compliance requirements for, liability shields
• The importance of CDC guidelines and established safety policies
• Potential COVID-19 liability claims and what we can learn from ADA compliance claims