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House asks state attorney general to pursue litigation against China over COVID‑19, seeks $100 billion in damages
Summary
The House adopted House Concurrent Resolution 6009 directing the attorney general to file suit seeking $100 billion in damages and to establish a victims compensation fund; sponsor Representative Schaeffauer cited recent intelligence and a Missouri default judgment as justification. The measure passed 40–28–1.
The South Dakota House of Representatives on Feb. 12 adopted House Concurrent Resolution 6009, which urges Attorney General Marty Jackley to file suit against the People’s Republic of China and other parties for alleged responsibility in the origin and spread of the COVID‑19 pandemic.
Representative G. Schaeffauer, the resolution’s prime sponsor, told the chamber that new intelligence and research have renewed questions about the virus’s origin and that other states have already…
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