Justice Eugene Fahey (photo by David Handschuh/NYLJ) NY's High Court Widens Path for Emotional Distress Claim for Family Members Who Lost 2-Year-Old to Falling Debris
The judges were tasked with deciding whether grandchildren could qualify as "immediate family" to their grandparents, according to a ruling from Judge Eugene Fahey.
February 19, 2021 at 04:28 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.com
New York's highest court has ruled in favor of a woman whose 2-year-old granddaughter died from falling building debris, allowing the grandmother to go forward with an emotional-distress claim against the building's owner.
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