GROPPER v. ST. LUKE'S HOSP. CTR.


234 A.D.2d 171 (1996)

651 N.Y.S.2d 469

Kerri Gropper, Respondent-Appellant, v. St. Luke's Hospital Center et al., Appellants-Respondents, and H.F. Controls, Inc., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. Manhattan Mechanical Piping Co., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant-Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 19, 1996


In this personal injury action, where the defense was that plaintiff's accident was feigned, the references in summation to workers' compensation were not, as found by the trial court, "grossly egregious" so as to warrant setting aside the jury's verdict.

Plaintiff, a steamfitter employed by third-party defendant Manhattan Mechanical Piping Co., alleged that she was injured on June 10, 1991 when she slipped and fell in a sub-basement of a construction site at St....

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