{"id":"DUT-MN-021","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Minnesota Legislature (91st and 92nd Legislatures, 2020-2021 regular and special sessions)","authority":"Minn. Const. art. IV; Minn. Stat. ch. 3","instrument":"No COVID-19 civil-liability shield or immunity statute for businesses was enacted in Minnesota in 2020 or 2021","title":"Absence of a COVID-19 liability shield (2020-2021)","dateIssued":"","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["employers; owners or persons in control of premises; specified businesses"],"clause":"","enforcement":"Ordinary tort liability; workers\u0027 compensation liability under the ch. 72 presumption.","functions":[],"notes":"Because no shield existed, no Minnesota business acquired immunity by complying with health standards; every business remained answerable under ordinary negligence law and under the standing duties (DUT-MN-003, 005, 007, 011, 012) and the orders\u0027 conditions for injury caused by unlawful or unsafe operation, and the Legislature\u0027s one liability enactment ran the other way: Laws 2020, ch. 72 (Apr. 7, 2020) made COVID-19 a presumptively compensable occupational disease for front-line employees (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-067). Character as recorded: negative_finding (no shield enacted; no instrument).","sourceUrl":"https://www.lrl.mn.gov/lrl/guides/covid2019.aspx","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"negative_finding","description":"","collection":"DUT-MN","url":"/library/DUT-MN-021","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Minnesota Legislature (91st and 92nd Legislatures, 2020-2021 regular and special sessions), No COVID-19 civil-liability shield or immunity statute for businesses was enacted in Minnesota in 2020 or 2021 (Ex. DUT-MN-021)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["DUT-MN-003","AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-067","MN-041","MN-042","MN-058"]}