Bill Text: NY S08143 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to certain 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) 2018-04-06 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S08143 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08143-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8143
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 6, 2018
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        Introduced  by Sen. PHILLIPS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to actions
          commenced by immediate family members within the zone  of  danger  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. Section 215 of the civil practice law and rules is  amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9.  an  action by an immediate family member within the zone of danger
     4  for intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress.  For  the
     5  purposes of this section, "immediate family member" shall mean a spouse,
     6  parent, child, sibling, or grandparent.
     7    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     8  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14916-01-8