“BERMAN LAW GROUP” FILES BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS

In a press release, published by the company, several ministries of the PRC are also mentioned. According to the lawyers, China caused the damage to USA, contributing to the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the United States.

This message could be regarded as another joke that lawyers launched in a global pandemic. However, the lawsuit was widely regarded as a political action in the North American states. The thing is that one of the leading employees of the “Berman Law Group” is Francis Biden - a brother of Joe Biden (the former US Vice President).

In a class action lawsuit, its authors want to demand compensation in favor of relatives of those Americans, who prematurely passed away as a result of COVID-19 infection or suffered from losses. The logic of the appeal is simple: if you could not contain the break of virus in the early stages - pay for the damage. But the criteria for calculating the amount of damage, that plaintiffs intend to require from the Chinese authorities, so far remain very vague. 

It is interesting that one of the main partners of the legal company, Russell Berman, boldly calls this appeal an "ambitious complaint." However, pointing to the lack of fear and a great thirst for justice, he speaks of readiness to sue the superpower, which, according to the logic of American lawyers, is obliged to compensate for the losses, suffered by the US economy. However, considering the fact that the interests of the Biden family among ordinary Americans are more often associated with corruption than with an attempt to protect ordinary citizens, a lawsuit can do a disservice to the political forces that stand up for the patriotic speeches.

The group action of “Berman Law Group” is distinguished by an elegant style and rhetorical techniques. In particular, the lawyer Matthew Moore, representing the applicant's interests, calls the area near the multi-million Wuhan a “giant Petri dish”, created by the Chinese authorities. According to the lawyer, they did not want to provide information about the virus, its actual spread and, as a result, were not able to contain it. The plaintiffs consider such “negligence” as a way of “sticking their head in the sand”, based on economic interests.

Four residents of Florida and a sports center in the city of Boca Raton, engaged in baseball training, are mentioned in the lawsuit of the American company. Lawyers abundantly seasoned their appeal with a mass of references to exceptions to the American law on foreign immunities, which allow claiming compensation in case of bodily harm or death. Among the plaintiffs, there are still no people, infected with coronavirus. However, this did not stop referring to a significant amount of injuries, including psychological ones. The latter, according to the applicants, may be triggered by the observation that visitors to outlets in the state of Florida destroy monthly supplies of toilet paper and disinfectants in a panic.