Bill Text: NY A04879 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that in toxic tort cases where the specific toxic etiological cause of injury is not known for up to ten years (instead of five years) after the injury itself is discovered a plaintiff shall have three years to file a claim from the time such specific cause is discovered.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - ordered to third reading cal.187 [A04879 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04879-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4879 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to time limitations for filing claims for certain injuries The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 214-c of the civil practice law 2 and rules, as added by chapter 682 of the laws of 1986, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions two and three of 5 this section, where the discovery of the specific toxic etiological 6 cause of the injury, including the source of the alleged harm, is 7 alleged to have occurred less than [five] ten years after discovery of 8 the injury or when with reasonable diligence such injury should have 9 been discovered, whichever is earlier, an action may be commenced or a 10 claim filed within [one year] three years of such discovery of the cause 11 of the injury; provided, however, if any such action is commenced or 12 claim filed after the period in which it would otherwise have been 13 authorized pursuant to subdivision two or three of this section the 14 plaintiff or claimant shall be required to allege and prove that techni- 15 cal, scientific or medical knowledge and information sufficient to 16 ascertain the cause of his injury had not been discovered, identified or 17 determined, or that after diligent effort the cause was not known by the 18 plaintiff or claimant, prior to the expiration of the period within 19 which the action or claim would have been authorized and that he has 20 otherwise satisfied the requirements of subdivisions two and three of 21 this section. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07466-01-9