A social distancing decree posted at Penn Treaty Park in Philadelphia during the COVID-19 outbreak March 26, 2020. (Photo: Shutterstock.com) Judge Agrees to Change Venue After Defendants Point to Witnesses' COVID Fears
Defendants argued that the case had no connection to Philadelphia, and also raised the contention that numerous witnesses were afraid to travel to a more densely populated locale, where case counts of the COVID-19 virus have only recently begun to decline from record peaks.
February 18, 2021 at 03:02 PM
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A Philadelphia judge has agreed to transfer a products liability lawsuit to a county in the middle of the state after several fact witnesses for defendants expressed fears about the risk for transmission of the coronavirus in Pennsylvania's largest city.
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