Health Officer Seeks Dismissal Of Suit Over COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Mealey's (September 22, 2020, 9:13 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A business and a private individual who allege constitutional privacy and freedom of association claims over a county health order's COVID-19 contact tracing guidelines lack standing to sue, a Los Angeles County health officer tells a California federal court in a Sept. 21 motion to dismiss, arguing that broad latitude should be afforded to health officials during a public health crisis (Miura Corp., et al. v. Muntu Davis, M.D., M.P.H., No. 20-5497, C.D. Calif.)....