Assembly Bill A8314

2013-2014 Legislative Session

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

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8314 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4568
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §215, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A1313, S207
2017-2018: A4451

2013-A8314 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2013-A8314 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8314

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            December 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred 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:

  Section  1. Section 215 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9. AN ACTION BY AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER WITHIN THE ZONE  OF  DANGER
FOR  INTENTIONAL OR NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.  FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A SPOUSE,
PARENT, CHILD, SIBLING, OR GRANDPARENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10279-03-3

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