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jberryhill

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23. How provable is anything?

Reply to Midnightwalk (Reply #22)

Tue Mar 24, 2020, 09:56 AM

Mar 2020

I'm not opining on any particular case.

It would depend on the individual facts.

My point was to go to your insurer and ask, as a general proposition, would there be liability. The answer is "yes". That doesn't make any particular circumstance winnable.

If your insurer is not going to cover you, you don't open. It's that simple. That's unrelated to whether anyone would win a case.

If I'm in the business of running a refinery and I ask my insurer, "Hey, if a lot of my workers are outside, is it okay if they smoke cigarettes?" my insurer is not going to cover me, and my board is not going to let me open the plant unless I make it clear they can't smoke.

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Am I missing something? The way I see it the state lockdowns are outside Trump's control [View all] Amishman Mar 2020 OP

He's threatening to cut off federal funds to states that continue such measures unblock Mar 2020 #1

that would be what I was missing Amishman Mar 2020 #2

Doesn't matter jberryhill Mar 2020 #4

Point taken, I don't think many states or businesses will cave, but it does matter unblock Mar 2020 #8

Do you have a link to that? Hoyt Mar 2020 #12

Thank you. I'm also Googling like crazy for this story and Mike 03 Mar 2020 #16

Yep, that's what I found too and I didn't hear threats in yesterday's presser. I wouldn't put it Hoyt Mar 2020 #18

I've not heard or read that Roland99 Mar 2020 #14

I'm goggling like crazy trying to find this story, the part where Trump Mike 03 Mar 2020 #15

He has the power to persuade Jersey Devil Mar 2020 #3

he's satan he really is mucifer Mar 2020 #5

If you run a company, go ahead and ask your workplace insurer about getting everyone back in jberryhill Mar 2020 #6

I been thinking about this GusBob Mar 2020 #10

Yes they can jberryhill Mar 2020 #11

How provable would it be Midnightwalk Mar 2020 #22

How provable is anything? jberryhill Mar 2020 #23

Trumps a shill, a huckster and a con man GusBob Mar 2020 #7

He doesn't mind creating chaos. When on earth has "being powerless" stopped him from running WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2020 #9

People vent. Igel Mar 2020 #13

One of the things that worries me is if companies start ramping up business travel octoberlib Mar 2020 #17

I would hope corporations aren't as stupid as him Takket Mar 2020 #19

State borders DaBronx Mar 2020 #20

States can't close their borders jberryhill Mar 2020 #24

"Trump. . . is not in charge here. . .The governors are in charge. . ." DinahMoeHum Mar 2020 #21