N.Y. EPT Law § 5-4.2
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Trial and burden of proof of contributory negligence
Official statutory text
§ 5-4.2 Trial and burden of proof of contributory negligence\n On the trial of an action accruing before September first, nineteen\nhundred seventy-five to recover damages for causing death the\ncontributory negligence of the decedent shall be a defense, to be\npleaded and proved by the defendant.\n
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