COHEN v. ST. REGIS PAPER CO.


65 N.Y.2d 752 (1985)

Murray Cohen et al., as Administrators of The Estate of Stephen Cohen, Deceased, Respondents, v. St. Regis Paper Company et al., Defendants, and Red Diamond Dry Ice & CO2 Corp., Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Catillaz for appellant.

Norman A. Palmiere for respondents.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and TITONE concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

We agree with the Appellate Division, for the reasons stated in its memorandum, that the evidence of defendant Red Diamond's negligence was sufficient and that the trial court's instructions on proximate and intervening cause, when read in the context of the entire charge, were not erroneous. Red Diamond's request to charge that decedent's knowledge...

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