Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards filed a class-action lawsuit in the state of Louisiana Friday against the People’s Republic of China on the basis of “economic damages” caused by the novel coronavirus.
Edwards filed the lawsuit “on behalf of all Sheriffs in the United States of America” and claims that his sheriff’s office alone has sustained roughly $700,000 in damages along with “other damages not yet known."
Increased costs to ensure prisoners are separated, proper sanitation practices and officer overtime, combined with the decreased tax revenue, are among the damages that the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office has encountered.The lawsuit points to a Chinese CDC lab “located in Wuhan City… approximately 2.6 miles from the seafood market” as a possible location of where the coronavirus could have been developed due to inadequate sanitary practices at the lab.
The class action further cites a study completed by a researcher at this lab “involving Rhinolophus affinis bats ” -- likely a reason why Edwards believes the virus did not originate in a wet market.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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