New York § 7 - 7Existing rights of action continued
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 7 — 7Existing rights of action continued, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7. 7Existing rights of action continued
§ 7. Existing rights of action continued. Every right of action existing on the seventeenth day of February, nineteen hundred and nine, for negligence or to recover damages for injuries resulting in death is continued and nothing in this article contained shall be construed as limiting any such right of action, nor shall the failure to give the notice provided for in section three of this article be a bar to the maintenance of a suit upon any such existing right of action.
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Section 7 ("7Existing rights of action continued") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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