THORNTON v. ROOSEVELT HOSP.


47 N.Y.2d 780 (1979)

Jock Thornton, as Executor of Sharon R. Thornton, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. Roosevelt Hospital et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheila L. Birnbaum for appellant.

James M. Furey for Roosevelt Hospital, respondent.

Joseph D. Ahearn, J. Robert Morris and Michael G. Majewski for Testagar, Inc., and another, respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur in memorandum; Judge FUCHSBERG dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

In this action sounding in strict products liability based on allegations that a thorium dioxide substance manfactured by defendant Testagar, Inc., and injected into decedent resulted in the onset of cancer, the cause of action accrued at the time of invasion of decedent's body, and not at the time the decedent's cancerous condition became...

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