================================================================= This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 214 Doctor Fred L. Pasternack, Appellant, v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, &c., et al., Respondents.

Cynthia S. Arato, for appellant. Robert Steiner, for respondent Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings. Frederick T. Smith, for respondent ChoicePoint, Inc.

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Certification of questions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, pursuant to section 500.27 of this Court's Rules of Practice, accepted and the issues presented are to be considered after briefing and argument. Chief Judge Lippman and Judges Pigott, Rivera, Abdus-Salaam, Stein and Fahey concur.

Decided December 15, 2015