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This bill, called the "Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025", establishes specific jury instructions for federal civil lawsuits involving negligence claims related to COVID-19 transmission. The bill requires courts to provide juries with four key guidelines when hearing such cases: first, that the liability standard is the "reasonable person standard," which means judging actions based on what a reasonably careful person would do in similar circumstances; second, that negligence occurs when someone either does something a careful person would not do or fails to do something a careful person would do; third, that simply opening a business is automatically considered reasonable as a matter of law; and fourth, that negligence cannot be determined solely on the basis of a business being open. These instructions are designed to protect businesses from what the bill's sponsors likely view as potentially unfair COVID-19 related liability claims by establishing a clear, business-friendly framework for determining negligence in pandemic-related lawsuits.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/99/all-info