Reiss v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Crew III, J.
In 1984, plaintiffs purchased a house in the Village of Pleasantville, Westchester County. The property abuts defendant’s right-of-way, upon which is constructed a high voltage electric transmission line. Fearing that the electromagnetic fields (hereinafter EMFs) emitted from such line might be injurious to their child’s health, plaintiffs decided to sell the property in April 1993 and listed it with a local broker for $325,000. Eighteen months later, after 139 persons had viewed the parcel, with one couple making an offer and later refusing to close due to…
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