Rothstein v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

In 1948 or 1949, a radioactive X-ray contrast dye known as Thorotrast was administered to Ari Rothstein, the plaintiffs decedent, who was then approximately 10 years old. In 1988 *56Mr. Rothstein died while undergoing exploratory surgery as a result of internal bleeding due to an angiosarcoma mass on his liver. Two years later, his widow, the plaintiff, commenced this action alleging that her husband’s cancer had been caused by the administration of the dye. On a prior appeal, we held that CPLR 214-c, the toxic tort discovery statute, was applicable to the personal injury…