CORSETTI v. KOPPERS CO. INC.


226 A.D.2d 205 (1996)

640 N.Y.S.2d 556

Karen Corsetti, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Michael Corsetti, and as Mother and Natural Guardian of Michael Corsetti, Jr., and Others, Infants, Appellants, v. Koppers Co. Inc. et al., Defendants, and Browne and Bryan Lumber Co., Inc., Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff. New York City Transit Authority, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, et al., Third-Party Defendant

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

April 16, 1996


In an action for wrongful death, plaintiffs alleged that decedent contracted aplastic anemia, a rare blood disease, after being exposed to creosote treated railroad ties during the course of his employment with the New York City Transit Authority. The trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in precluding decedent's former family physician from testifying as to the cause of decedent's fatal illness where the witness...

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