Legal Opinion
Donna Blair v. Elwood Union Free Public Schools
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 7, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for the negligent infliction of emotional distress, including "AIDS phobia”, the plaintiffs appeal from an order and judgment (one paper) of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Henry, J.), entered January 18, 1996, which, upon granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, dismissed the complaint.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
On the morning of May 30, 1992, the then four-year-old plaintiff, Matthew Blair, found a hypodermic needle in a box of musical toys in a classroom at the Harley Avenue School in Greenlawn, where he…
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- Hare v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Kaufman v. Physical Measurements, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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