,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,biggs introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require a particular jury   
instruction in ,federal civil actions   
that include a claim for damages based  
on negligence arising from the          
transmission of ,,covid#ai4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protecting ,businesses ,from ,frivolous
 ,,covid ,lawsuits ,act of #bjbc4  #b4  
,jury instruction in ,federal civil     
actions that include a claim alleging   
negligence arising from the transmission
 of ,,covid-#ai ,in a ,federal civil    
action that includes a claim alleging   
negligence arising from the transmission
 of ,,covid-#ai and a request for       
damages1 the court shall instruct a jury
 that--  7#a7 the liability standard is 
the reasonable person standard1  7#b7 a 
person is negligent if the person either

 does something that a reasonably       
careful person would not do in the same 
situation1 or fails to do something that
 a reasonably careful person would do1  
in the same situation1  7#c7 the act of 
opening a business1 by itself1 shall be 
considered to be reasonable as a matter 
of law1 and  7#d7 the negligence may not
 be found solely on the basis of holding
 oneself open for business4