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By: Johanna Alonso Daily Record business reporter December 23, 2020
Mike O’Halloran, state director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses. (The Daily Record / Bryan P. Sears)
Local business advocates say that the stimulus bill that passed through Congress on Tuesday which contains a second round of Paycheck Protection Program loans worth hundreds of billions is exactly what small businesses in Maryland need to stay afloat right now. But despite enthusiasm over this second round of PPP, advocates are lamenting the bill’s lack of liability protections and failure to distribute funds to local and state governments.
Without liability protections, small businesses could find themselves debilitated by frivolous lawsuits that they can’t afford to defend, said Mike O’Halloran, director of the Maryland chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business.
Businesses, lacking legal immunity, fear COVID
A lawsuit targeting a Tyson Foods plant in Iowa said workers lacked masks and were forced to work close together December 21, 2020 by David Sharp, The Associated Press, Portland MA
Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by Republicans in Congress to give such outfits legal immunity.
Behemoths like Walmart and Tyson Foods, which have been the target of COVID-19-related lawsuits, can largely absorb any losses. But hundreds of negligence lawsuits have been filed across the country, with mom-and-pops most fearing the prospect of litigation that could put them under.
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A sign for the Big Moose Inn is seen Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, near Millinocket, Maine. The inn was the setting for an Aug. 7 wedding reception that has since been linked to numerous cases of the coronavirus, and several deaths.
PORTLAND, Maine Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill push by Republicans in Congress to give such outfits legal immunity.
Behemoths like Walmart and Tyson Foods, which have been the target of COVID-19-related lawsuits, can largely absorb any losses. But hundreds of negligence lawsuits have been filed across the country, with mom-and-pops most fearing the prospect of litigation that could put them under.