This was on my 2nd game which I started with Patch v1.42 last night, and Patch v1.43 installed this morning. As you can see by the posts regarding Summoning Dolls posted today on the Forum, people are having problems with the Summoning Dolls in other areas as well.
In my first game I always used Summoning Dolls when I encountered traps, and used them as mules constantly (changing their equipment quite frequently). Both instances result in CTD now, so I just no longer use them and all is good so far <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />