Case Name: Joseph Capolupo, Appellant, v. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-05-13
Citations: 193 A.D.2d 466
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Capolupo, Appellant, v Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 193
Pages: 466–467

Head Matter:
Joseph Capolupo, Appellant, v Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York et al., Respondents.
[597 NYS2d 363]

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.