Legal Opinion
Estate of Adkins v. County of Nassau
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 13, 1988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for emotional and psychological injuries based on a theory of wrongful autopsy, the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Roncallo, J.), dated June 10, 1987, which granted the defendant County of Nassau’s motion to dismiss the complaint as time barred by the one-year Statute of Limitations (CPLR 215 [1]).
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is denied.
The instant action, commenced against the defendant County of Nassau, was based on the allegation that the county’s medical examiner had…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Tharps v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Tharps v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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