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> and good luck proving that in court Far less than 10% of cases will ever go to trial, so odds are this will settle far before ever going to a jury and having

> and good luck proving that in court Far less than 10% of cases will ever go to trial, so odds are this will settle far before ever going to a jury and having to prove anything. Otherwise I don’t think it is a very difficult case to win, as the other commenter mentioned it’s a civil case so the burden isn’t “beyond a reasonable doubt” rather “more likely than not.” During discovery they would be able to swab and test Amazon for any traces of corona (which I’m sure they would find) and at which point amazon has a lot of exposure and potential liability, which may even include a temporary shutdown to clean all traces of the virus...amazon would never risk that or information getting out regarding their warehouse (thus goods they deliver) are spreading the virus.

roenxi 6y ago
Most of the workers time is spent not working. In the literal, it is more likely than not that when they got the virus they were not at work. They'd need solid actual evidence to even meet a "more likely than not" standard.
- throwaway_jobs 6y ago
  As I said during disco they would be able to inspect the warehouse and if they can find any trace of it (which they will) then that is all the evidence they need to go to a “decider of fact” (the jury). And despite your calculation of time, more time spent outside amazon warehouses does not mean employees are more likely to get the virus outside the warehouse, only that there was more time to get the virus somewhere else. there are “hotspots” after all. But let’s assume what you said was true, to even make that argument in court For a jury to consider you are at trial and need an expert witness to introduce the argument...that’s a lot of cost for a big risk, it settles.
- sudosysgen 6y ago
  Most of the time I spend not working is spent sleeping. This is probably even more true for an Amazon warehouse employee.
  - roenxi 6y ago
    You can catch coronavirus from your wife/girlfriend/children while sleeping. The virus does not care.
    - sudosysgen 6y ago
      Much, much less probable than catching it while awake, and a very large share of people either sleep alone or live alone.

roenxi 6y ago

Most of the workers time is spent not working. In the literal, it is more likely than not that when they got the virus they were not at work. They'd need solid actual evidence to even meet a "more likely than not" standard.

throwaway_jobs 6y ago
As I said during disco they would be able to inspect the warehouse and if they can find any trace of it (which they will) then that is all the evidence they need to go to a “decider of fact” (the jury). And despite your calculation of time, more time spent outside amazon warehouses does not mean employees are more likely to get the virus outside the warehouse, only that there was more time to get the virus somewhere else. there are “hotspots” after all. But let’s assume what you said was true, to even make that argument in court For a jury to consider you are at trial and need an expert witness to introduce the argument...that’s a lot of cost for a big risk, it settles.
sudosysgen 6y ago
Most of the time I spend not working is spent sleeping. This is probably even more true for an Amazon warehouse employee.
- roenxi 6y ago
  You can catch coronavirus from your wife/girlfriend/children while sleeping. The virus does not care.
  - sudosysgen 6y ago
    Much, much less probable than catching it while awake, and a very large share of people either sleep alone or live alone.