RIVERS v. AT&T TECHS.


147 Misc.2d 366 (1990)

Ernest J. Rivers, Jr., Individually and as Administrator of The Estate of Nelly D. Medina, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. AT&T Technologies, Inc., et al., Defendants. E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company, Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. New York Telephone Company, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court, New York County.

April 6, 1990


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Townley & Updike (John Paul Reiner of counsel), for E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., defendant and third-party plaintiff. Karen B. Wolff for New York City Health & Hospitals Corp., defendant. Kaplan & Hochberg (Marvin Hochberg of counsel), for plaintiff. George D. Zuckerman for AT&T Technologies, Inc., and another, defendants. Gordon & Silber for Isvan Tornai, defendant. Michael Saunders for Manhattan Medical Group, P. C., defendant. James Leonard for Sangamo Weston, Inc., defendant. Elizabeth Wescott for third-party defendant.


HELEN E. FREEDMAN, J.

Nelly Doris Medina died on May 20, 1983 from complications of toxemia during her eighth month of pregnancy. The administrator of her estate contends that Nelly Medina's death was caused or contributed to by her exposure to a chemical solvent, dimethylformamide (DMF), contained in one of the component parts of a dataphone located at her workplace, the New York Telephone Company, and by...

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