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· 1/4/2007

Paz v. Brush Engineered Materials, Inc.

Citations

  • 949 So. 2d 1
  • 2007 WL 14891

How courts have described this case

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  • discussing requirement of medically cognizable injury resulting from emotional distress “in the absence of physical injury accompanying the negligent conduct”
  • listing seven cases that have allowed medical monitoring claims absent present injury and seventeen cases that have refused to do so
  • \The possibility of a future injury is insufficient to maintain a tort claim. Recognizing a medical monitoring cause of action would be akin to recognizing a cause of action for fear of future illness.\

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