Prego v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Brown, J. P.
On this appeal we are asked to determine whether CPLR 214-c, which permits commencement of an action within three years of discovery of an injury caused by "the latent effects of exposure to any substance”, applies to the HIV/HTLV virus which causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (hereinafter AIDS).1 We conclude that it does.
In July 1982, plaintiff Veronica Prego, a native of Argentina and a 1980 graduate of a Buenos Aires medical school, began working as an unpaid extern at the defendant Kings County Hospital (hereinafter the hospital).2 On some occasion…
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- Giblin v. Nassau County Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- People v. GrahamNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Thornton v. Roosevelt HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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- Murray v. Hamot Medical CenterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
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