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Consolidated Laws of New York
Chapter - ESTATES, POWERS AND TRUSTSArticle 5 - FAMILY RIGHTS
Part 4 - RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF FAMILY RESULTING FROM WRONGFUL ACT, NEGLECT OR DEFAULT CAUSING DEATH OF DECEDENT
Section 5-4.2 - Trial and burden of proof of contributory negligence

N.Y. EPTL 5-4.2

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Section 5-4.2 - Trial and burden of proof of contributory negligence

On the trial of an action accruing before September first, nineteen hundred seventy-five to recover damages for causing death the contributory negligence of the decedent shall be a defense, to be pleaded and proved by the defendant.

N.Y. EPTL 5-4.2