Ogletree Deakins: New York Court of Appeals Creates Negligent Drug Testing Claim | Practical Law

Ogletree Deakins: New York Court of Appeals Creates Negligent Drug Testing Claim | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses the New York Court of Appeals' recent decision in Landon v. Kroll Laboratory Specialists and its implications for employee drug testing. In Landon, the court held that an individual may sue a drug-testing laboratory for damages caused by incorrect results and created a new negligent testing cause of action in New York.

Ogletree Deakins: New York Court of Appeals Creates Negligent Drug Testing Claim

Practical Law Legal Update 2-547-8825 (Approx. 3 pages)

Ogletree Deakins: New York Court of Appeals Creates Negligent Drug Testing Claim

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Published on 01 Nov 2013New York, United States
This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses the New York Court of Appeals' recent decision in Landon v. Kroll Laboratory Specialists and its implications for employee drug testing. In Landon, the court held that an individual may sue a drug-testing laboratory for damages caused by incorrect results and created a new negligent testing cause of action in New York.