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New York's Highest Court Does Not Recognize Claims For Medical Monitoring – For Now: Using "Phobia" Claims As A Backdoor To "Medical Monitoring?"
24 December 2013
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
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Striking a blow to the plaintiff's bar, New York's
highest court has ruled that medical monitoring is not a separate
cause of action under New York law. In Caronia v. Philip Morris
USA, Inc. the Court of Appeals refused to recognize a new,
independent cause of action for medical monitoring. This Alert
discusses the possible implications of this decision.
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