Legislation
SECTION 214-B
Action to recover damages for personal injury caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides
Civil Practice Law & Rules (CVP) CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 2
§ 214-b. Action to recover damages for personal injury caused by
contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, an action to recover damages for
personal injury caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides
while serving as a member of the armed forces of the United States in
Indo-China from January first, nineteen hundred sixty-two through May
seventh, nineteen hundred seventy-five, may be commenced within two
years from the date of the discovery of such injury, or within two years
from the date when through the exercise of reasonable diligence the
cause of such injury should have been discovered, whichever is later.
contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, an action to recover damages for
personal injury caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides
while serving as a member of the armed forces of the United States in
Indo-China from January first, nineteen hundred sixty-two through May
seventh, nineteen hundred seventy-five, may be commenced within two
years from the date of the discovery of such injury, or within two years
from the date when through the exercise of reasonable diligence the
cause of such injury should have been discovered, whichever is later.