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Employer Liability for “Take-Home” COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2021

Mark A. Rothstein  and
Julia Irzyk
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Abstract

Workplace exposure to SARS-CoV-2 has sickened workers and, subsequently, their family members. Family members might be able to recover from the employer in a negligence action using “take-home” liability theory.

Keywords

COVID-19Employer LiabilityNegligenceOSHAWorkers’ Compensation
Type
Columns: Currents in Contemporary Bioethics
Information
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 49 , Issue 1: Public Sector and Non-Profit Contributions to Drug Development: Historical Scope, Opportunities, and Challenges , Spring 2021 , pp. 126 - 131
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About This Column

Mark A. Rothstein serves as the section editor for Currents in Contemporary Ethics. Professor Rothstein is the Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine and the Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky. (mark.rothstein@louisville.edu)

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