密苏里州已敦促法官驳回三个与中国政府有关联的实体的抗辩意见；这些实体试图逃避因新冠疫情而产生的245亿美元赔偿判决。密苏里州称，这些实体在判决作出一年多后才在美国法院出庭提出上诉。
Missouri has urged a judge to reject arguments by three Chinese government-linked entities trying to escape a $24.5 billion judgment tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing they waited more than a year after the ruling to appear in US court and challenge it.
美国方面在周一向密苏里州联邦法院提交的文件中指出：2019年新冠病毒疫情的爆发中心——中国湖北省，以及另外两个被告，此前均选择不参与该诉讼的审理程序。
China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the 2019 coronavirus outbreak, and two other defendants chose not to participate in earlier proceedings in the lawsuit, the US state said in a filing in Missouri federal court on Monday.
密苏里州表示，这些被告早在2020年就已遭到起诉，但现在提出“重新审理”的请求已经为时过晚；他们试图质疑密苏里州已向法庭提交并得到认可的事实。中国驻美国大使馆以及代表湖北省的White & Case律师事务所的律师均未立即回应记者的评论请求。密苏里州总检察长办公室也未立即回应相关评论请求。
Missouri said the Chinese defendants, sued by the US state in 2020, “are about six years too late. Seeking a do-over, China tries to contest facts that Missouri established to this Court’s satisfaction.”The Chinese embassy in the US and lawyers for Hubei province at law firm White & Case did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Missouri’s attorney general's office also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
2020年4月，密苏里州首次对湖北省及其他中国被告提起诉讼，要求他们为新冠疫情造成的经济损失负责。2024年，一家联邦上诉法院在法官驳回该诉讼后恢复了部分诉讼程序；剩余的诉讼指控称这些被告垄断了个人防护装备（PPE）的供应，导致价格飙升并造成了经济损失。
Missouri in April 2020 filed the first-of-its-kind lawsuit against Hubei and other Chinese defendants, seeking to hold them responsible for alleged economic damages stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. A federal appeals court in 2024 revived part of the lawsuit after a judge dismissed the case. The remaining claim alleges the defendants monopolized supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE), driving up prices and causing economic harm.
由于被告既未作出回应也未出庭应诉，美国地方法官斯蒂芬·林博（Stephen Limbaugh Jr.）于2025年3月作出了缺席判决。根据联邦法律，原本80亿美元的赔偿金额被自动提高了三倍。
US District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr entered a default judgment in March 2025 after the defendants failed to respond or make appearances in the case. The damages amount was automatically tripled under federal law after a base finding of $8 billion in compensatory damages.
8月，湖北省和中国科学院在法庭文件中请求林博撤销该判决并驳回整个诉讼，认为地方法官无权审理此类案件，且该缺席判决侵犯了中国的主权。密苏里州则认为，该诉讼并未侵犯中国的主权。
In August, Hubei and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in a court filing asked Limbaugh to set aside the judgment and dismiss the lawsuit. They argued the district judge has no power over them and that the default judgment improperly intrudes into foreign affairs.
湖北省及其他原告正在中国法院分别起诉密苏里州，指控该州及多名官员损害了他们的声誉。这些诉讼要求密苏里州在美国和中国媒体上公开道歉，并索赔近530亿美元。
Missouri argues that the lawsuit doesn't impede China's sovereign authority.
湖北省于2025年4月提起的诉讼将密苏里州针对新冠疫情的诉讼称为“一场关于新冠疫情传播及中国政府行为的恶意诉讼”。该案件的案号为“密苏里州诉中华人民共和国等（Missouri v. People’s Republic of China et al.）”，审理法院为美国密苏里州东区地方法院（US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri），案号为1:20-cv-00099-SNLJ。
Hubei province and other plaintiffs are separately suing Missouri in a Chinese court, accusing the state and several officials of damaging their reputations. That lawsuit seeks public apologies in US and Chinese media, and nearly $53 billion in damages. Hubei’s case, filed in April 2025, describes Missouri's COVID-19 lawsuit as a "vexatious lawsuit about COVID-19 spread and Chinese state acts."
密苏里州方面的代表：路易斯·卡波齐三世（Louis Capozzi III）和J·迈克尔·帕顿（J. Michael Patton），他们来自密苏里州总检察长办公室。
The case is Missouri v. People’s Republic of China et al, US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, No. 1:20-cv-00099-SNLJ.
湖北省方面的代表：克里斯托弗·柯伦（Christopher Curran）和尼科尔·科纳茨基（Nicolle Kownacki），他们来自美国知名律师事务所White & Case。
在密苏里州针对中国的这起诉讼中，原本因口罩囤积问题提出的240亿美元索赔被重新提起。这是密苏里州首次以新冠疫情造成的经济损失为由起诉中国。
For Missouri: Louis Capozzi III and J. Michael Patton of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office For Hubei Province: Christopher Curran and Nicolle Kownacki of White & Case Chinese province hires prominent US law firm to fight $24 billion COVID judgment COVID mask-hoarding claim revived in Missouri's longshot case against China In a first, Missouri sues China over coronavirus economic losses