People v. Roth

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Wachtler.

This criminal prosecution stems from the death of an employee of the corporate defendant, a company engaged in the business of transporting petroleum products. The employee was killed when petroleum vapors exploded while he was cleaning a tank trailer. The defendant corporation and defendants Roth and Wilson, the district manager and operations manager of the facility, were indicted for second degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment, endangering public health, safety or the environment in the second degree and a…