Originally Posted by
redietz
AndrewG,
This rarely gets mentioned, but I understand that having something defined as a "pandemic" has certain legal ramifications for liability. I know nothing about it. To what degree are casinos going to have to get people to sign away liability for illness upon entrance? Or does the fact that something is a "pandemic" alleviate them of legal responsibility? I know, for example, that hotels were sued for Legionnaires disease. But that was not a "pandemic."
You may have the contacts to properly address these questions, because they are big ones. If you open during a pandemic, are your legal liabilities relieved or greater than before that definition? What happens to your insurance costs?
Implicit in the mayor's spin is that the city itself doesn't want to be the accountable party, either in total or as a regulator of what's allowed.