Sep 27, 2020
Managing member of
Norred Law, PLLC, Warren V. Norred, discusses several suits his
firm has filed on behalf of plaintiffs in Texas who have faced
unfair
COVID shutdown infractions. This podcast shares details of
these cases but also the bigger picture of how Norred hopes to chip
away at the top-down nonsensical enforcements.
He explains
Warren V. Norred practices
bankruptcy law, business litigation, and intellectual property law,
which includes patent law and all things associated with it. About
ten percent of his work is what he calls "white hat law," where he
files suits due to matters of injustice.
He talks about how Texas has moved into top-down mandates regarding
COVID business procedures, often resulting in scenarios that
make little sense and have hurt businesses. Furthermore, the
governor and local bureaucracies are entangled in a way where no
one is taking responsibility for these bad
policies.
Norred says his firm is "adding
spice to the recipe of the public discussion." He then talks
about specific cases like that of Shelly Luther who was put in jail
for contempt by continuing to operate her business after the court
told her to stop. He describes the governor's retrograde statement
about such jail time and then he gives a convincing description of
how the Disaster Act of 1975 along with the 2005 amendment gave
local leaders too much control in these situations.
In addition, the act was written for major disasters, not disease
management. He gives powerful descriptions of how unevenly the laws
have been applied, which leads him to explain the most effective
strategy: filing cases that show the Disaster Act is
unconstitutional as applied.
Norred gives an impassioned
explanation about filing these
COVID lawsuits: it's not about the economy, but about people
being able to live their lives. He's happy to take emailed
questions from attorneys about how to join in on these kinds of
battles. See the Norred
Law website and send him
an email, warren@norredlaw.com. He advises attorneys to look for over-the-top
enforcements and think outside the box.
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