Relates to certain actions commenced by immediate family members within the zone of danger for intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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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.
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