ALBANY – A Manhattan apartment-dweller failed to produce sufficient scientific evidence to prove she suffered serious health problems from toxic mold exposure, a divided state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

Wrestling with a question that has gained the attention of other state courts in recent years, the 4-2 court said an Appellate Division, First Department panel erred when it ruled that Brenda Cornell’s expert provided enough evidence to link her maladies to the presence of mold.