Florida Plaintiffs File Proposed Class Action Against China For COVID-19 Outbreak

Mealey's (March 16, 2020, 1:31 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — Four Florida residents and one business sued government agencies in the People’s Republic of China on March 13 for failing to timely report the initial COVID-19 outbreak in December 2019 and downplaying its seriousness.  The plaintiffs seek to represent classes of plaintiffs in the United States whose health and businesses are consequently being affected by the disease (Logan Alters, et al. v. National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, et al., No. 20-21108, S.D. Fla.)....