Victorian Labor Govt Wants Judge to Dismiss Lockdown Class Action Claims
The Victorian Labor government has asked a judge to dismiss legal claims of economic loss and mental injury by individuals and businesses who were impacted during the state’s second wave, describing the claims as “futile.”
The class actions, which workers and businesses have brought, claim that the state’s handling of hotel quarantine, which allowed the CCP virus to leak into the community, was negligent and caused foreseeable loss.
The claims, however, do not argue that restrictions should not have been imposed.
In the worker class action, the lead plaintiff, Jordan Roberts, who was made redundant from his job in Tullamarine on Aug. 14, 2020, during Victoria’s stage four restrictions, is filing a lawsuit against the state for economic loss and psychiatric injury.