A state Supreme Court justice in Manhattan has rejected an effort by New York City to limit to six months a claim for emotional distress from a nurse who was pricked by an HIV-contaminated needed.
Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam declined to follow a pair of Appellate Division, Second Department, cases proffered by city lawyers, and instead relied on a Third Department ruling in concluding that where “special circumstances” are present, emotional damages in needle-prick cases need not be limited to six-months.
