Florida Law Firm Launches Class Action Against Chinese Regime for Causing the Coronavirus Pandemic

Florida Law Firm Launches Class Action Against Chinese Regime for Causing the Coronavirus Pandemic
A park employee seen wearing goggles and mask walks in a park in Beijing, China, on March 14, 2020. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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A Florida law firm has filed a federal class action against the Chinese regime for causing the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that Beijing’s initial coverup of the outbreak resulted in its global spread.

In a lawsuit filed on March 12, The Berman Law Group alleges that the Chinese regime “knew that COVID-19 [the disease caused by the novel coronavirus] was dangerous and capable of causing a pandemic, yet slowly acted, proverbially put their head in the sand, and/or covered it up for their own economic self-interest.”

Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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