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Equivalent Citation: I(1992)AC C 332, AIR1992SC 248, (1991)3C ompLJ213(SC ), JT1991(6)SC 8, 1991(2)SC ALE675, (1991)4SC C 584,
[1991]Supp1SC R251, 1992(1)UJ505
67. On the medical research literature placed before us it can reasonably be posited
that the exposure to such concentrations of MIC might involve delayed manifestations
of toxic morbidity. The exposed population may not have manifested any immediate
symptomatic medical status.
But the long latency-period of toxic injuries renders the medical surveillance costs a
permissible claim even ultimately the exposed persons may not actually develop the
apprehended complications. In Ayers v. Jackson TP, 525 A 2d.287 N.J.1987, referring
to the admissibility of claims of medical surveillance expenses, it was stated:
The claim for medical surveillance expenses stands on a different footing
from the claim based on enhanced risk. It seeks to recover the cost of
periodic medical examinations intended to monitor plaintiffs' health and
facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of disease caused by plaintiffs'
exposure to toxic chemicals...