Workers With COVID Sue Employers’ Insurance, Sparking Liability Debate

A file photo of a waiter delivering food to a table at a restaurant in Newport Beach, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Dozens of residents in Orange County, California, are suing their employers’ insurance carriers after allegedly contracting COVID-19 on the job and suffering long-term disabilities as a result.

“A lot of them have lung damage; that seems to be the No. 1 issue long-term,” Marcelo Dieguez, a partner at Diefer Law Group, told The Epoch Times. His firm is representing some of these employees.