American small businesses are suing the Chinese government for billions of dollars in damages over the coronavirus.
The case has been brought on behalf of five companies in Las Vegas – two property firms, a restaurant, a florist, and a medical training outlet – but seeks compensation for all 32 million US businesses with less than 500 employees.
It was filed by Las Vegas lawyer Robert Eglet, who previously represented 2,500 people in reaching an $800 million settlement with MGM Resorts International, owner of the Mandalay Bay hotel, over the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
In 2017 a gunman firing from the Mandalay Bay killed 58 people and injured more than 850.
Mr Eglet claimed China was reckless and negligent, and that it intimidated doctors, scientists,…
Source: telegraph.co.uk
