Lancaster v. 46 NYL Partners
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Tom, J.
The main issue raised in this appeal concerns whether plaintiff Patricia Lancaster adequately established her status as decedent’s common-law wife and decedent’s paternity of two children, allegedly born out of wedlock, for the purpose of commencing the underlying wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering action against defendants.
The decedent, Joseph Ralph Condo, an ironworker by trade, was critically injured on December 8, 1988 after falling 120 feet while engaged in the construction of "America’s Tower”, on Sixth Avenue and 46th Street in New York, New…
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