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MARCHICA v. LONG ISLAND R. CO.

No. 773, Docket 93-7521.

31 F.3d 1197 (1994)

John J. MARCHICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LONG ISLAND RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon D. Lazer, Melville, NY (Pamela D. Armstrong, Lazer, Aptheker, Feldman, Rosella & Yedid, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Michael Barasch, New York City (Angelo Busani, Altier & Barasch, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, OAKES and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Certain words when directed at a person deliver such a dread message as to strike terror in that person's heart. AIDS, a modern word, less than 20 years old, is accompanied by many myths and misconceptions; it also carries with it in the public's mind such an image of inevitable death as to bring home that terror. After John J. Marchica's hand was stuck by a discarded hypodermic needle with blood in its syringe, he feared he

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