As companies reopen, a primary concern is liability for workers or customers who may claim to have been exposed to COVID-19 in their business. This may arise as a workers’ compensation claim, a claim for negligent sanitation or failure to implement or enforce social distancing measures. Legis­latures at both the state and federal level are addressing this concern in multiple ways. Any Phase 4 COVID-19 federal relief package is likely to contain some limitation of liability for businesses and schools. In contrast, states such as California and Illinois have taken steps to declare that essential workers who become ill with the virus will be presumed to have been exposed on the job and therefore eligible for workers’ compensation. This issue is quickly-evolving and may continue to change during the pandemic.