Landon v. Kroll Laboratory Specialists, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Miller, J.
In this case we are called upon to determine whether a drug testing laboratory may be held liable in tort to the subject of a drug test for negligently testing that subject’s biological specimen notwithstanding the absence of a formal contractual relationship between the drug testing laboratory and the subject of the drug test. We answer the question in the affirmative.
The complaint in this action alleged that the defendant, Kroll Laboratory Specialists, Inc., was a Louisiana corporation which held a New York State Department of Health Laboratory Permit for…
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