C-Life Group Ltd. v. Generra Co.

235 A.D.2d 267, 652 N.Y.S.2d 41, 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 281

Opinion

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered September 12, 1995, in favor of defendant dismissing the complaint, and bringing up for review a prior order, same court and Justice, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The parties’ initial, 45-minute meeting in New York was clearly exploratory in nature, leading to nothing more than a proposal that was itself the subject of further negotiations over the phone, by mail, and in meetings outside of New York. Such is not a transaction of business in New York within the meaning of CPLR 302 (a) (1) (see, Liederman Assocs. v Robotool Ltd., 154 AD2d 515). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Rosenberger, Williams and Andrias, JJ.