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Capolupo v. Trustees of Columbia University

193 A.D.2d 466, 597 N.Y.S.2d 363, 1993 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4822
CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
DecidedMay 13, 1993
StatusPublished

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Capolupo v. Trustees of Columbia University, 193 A.D.2d 466, 597 N.Y.S.2d 363, 1993 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4822 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1993).

Opinion

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered August 28, 1992, dismissing plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a cause of action, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The IAS Court correctly held that because decedent’s fiancé was not a member of her immediate family, plaintiff has no cognizable cause of action for extreme emotional distress allegedly caused by his having witnessed the fatal injuries she suffered as a result of defendants’ negligence (Bovsun v Sanperi, 61 NY2d 219). Concur—Carro, J. P., Milonas, Ellerin and Kassal, JJ.

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