Bill Text: NY S00207 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 207 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to actions commenced by immediate family members within the zone of danger for intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-09 - PRINT NUMBER 207A [S00207 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00207-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         207--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary  --  recommitted
          to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to recovery  by
          certain  persons  for intentional or negligent infliction of emotional
          distress
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  general  obligations  law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 11-108 to read as follows:
     3    § 11-108. Recovery by certain persons  for  intentional  or  negligent
     4  infliction  of  emotional  distress.  In  addition to any other right of
     5  action or recovery otherwise available under law,  an  immediate  family
     6  member  within the zone of danger may recover damages for intentional or
     7  negligent infliction of emotional distress. For  the  purposes  of  this
     8  section,  "immediate  family member" shall mean a spouse, parent, child,
     9  sibling or grandparent.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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