Vermont § 518 - Ionizing radiation injury; latent
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 518 — Ionizing radiation injury; latent, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 518. Ionizing radiation injury; latent
- (a) An action to recover for ionizing radiation injury or injury from other noxious agents
medically recognized as having a prolonged latent development shall be commenced within
three years after the person suffering the injury has knowledge or ought reasonably
to have knowledge of having suffered the injury and of the cause thereof, but in no
event more than 20 years from the date of the last occurrence to which the injury
is attributed. (b) An action or proceeding to recover for latent ionizing radiation injury, or injury
from other noxious agents medically recognized as having a prolonged latent development
shall not be barred by recovery in any earlier action or proceeding, unless the plaintiff
in the earlier action or proceeding was actually awarded damages for the latent injury,
or knew or reasonably could be expected to know that such latent injury would occur,
and its nature and extent with sufficient particularity to establish entitlement to
a specific amount of damages on account thereof. (Added 1967, No. 32, § 1, eff. March 16, 1967.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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