N.Y. EML Law § 7
This is the official text of N.Y. EML Law § 7, part of New York’s EML Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "EML Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Existing rights of action continued
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§ 7. Existing rights of action continued. Every right of action\nexisting on the seventeenth day of February, nineteen hundred and nine,\nfor negligence or to recover damages for injuries resulting in death is\ncontinued and nothing in this article contained shall be construed as\nlimiting any such right of action, nor shall the failure to give the\nnotice provided for in section three of this article be a bar to the\nmaintenance of a suit upon any such existing right of action.\n
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