Doctor Fred L. Pasternack v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Abdus-Salaam, Difiore, Pigott, Garcia, Stein, Fahey, Rivera
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
- State
- New York
- Circuit
- 2nd Circuit
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Claim Types
Outcome
New York's highest court held that drug-testing laboratories and program administrators owe a duty of care to employees under negligence law when violating FAA/DOT regulations, and that fraud claims can be based on reliance by third parties whose reliance causes injury to the plaintiff. The court reversed the lower court's dismissal and remanded for further proceedings.
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