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Can a COVID-19 spreader face legal trouble?

At the conclusion of the World Series Tuesday night, Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner joined the team’s celebration despite the fact that he’d tested positive for COVID-19. Turner defied team and league mandates to remain isolated, and joined the Dodgers on the field, holding the trophy and posing for pictures without a mask.

While Turner had been around his teammates for several innings prior to being pulled during the game, and several hours, if not days, prior to Game 6, it’s still theoretically possible he could have spread the virus to someone on the field that night.