ALBANY – An appeals court reinstated the negligence claim of a professor emeritus at Cornell University who contends she ate a 1 1/2-inch long shard of wood in the hors d’oeuvres at a college fundraiser in Manhattan.
Joan Jacobs Brumberg has established “ample proof” that there are triable issues against Cipriani USA, the host and caterer of the function, under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, the 4-0 Appellate Division, Third Department panel agreed in Brumberg v. Cipriani USA, 515666.
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