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@tglocer Yeah, I was thinking of duty issues more for other people later infected by students. Not identifiable plaintiffs at the time of the school’s policy. Also a causation Q of whether they’d have been infected some other way later!

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@jentaub Yeah, was thinking about how employees would differ from students would differ from, say, students' parents from a contracts point of view.

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@mackie_gavin For a student or employee falling ill: Premises liability framework? Did the university disclose dangers? How to prove causation? To whom is duty owed? Loss of chance? NIED? Defenses: What about assumption of risk? Contributory negligence for those who didn't social distance?

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The fact that this would be an excellent torts exam question -- because such a close call on multiple aspects -- affirms that it was a mistake to insist that students return to campus. twitter.com/tripgabriel/st…

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Reluctantly paywalled newspapers could also ensure that the paywalls are dropped for patrons of local libraries, without anticipating any material hit to revenue.

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