Paramount Adjustment Co. v. Home Insurance

267 A.D.2d 151, 699 N.Y.S.2d 866, 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13217

Opinion

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered October 28, 1998, which, to the extent appealed from, denied third-party defendants’ motion to dismiss the third-party complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

As the motion court found, third-party defendants, although non-New York domiciliaries, were subject to the jurisdiction of New York courts since they purposefully transacted business in this State (see, CPLR 302 [a]) by having representatives perform business activities here on their behalf, which activities were substantially related to the subject matter of the third-party action (see, Kappas v T.W. Kutter, Inc., 192 AD2d 402; see also, Kreutter v McFadden Oil Corp., 71 NY2d 460, 466-467). Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Nardelli, Williams and Friedman, JJ.