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Davis v. Trey

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 2, 1992
187 A.D.2d 409 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)

Opinion

November 2, 1992

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Shaw, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court clearly has subject matter jurisdiction over a personal injury action arising from a motor-vehicle accident in New York. Further, it can obtain personal jurisdiction over a nonresident and nondomiciliary, who allegedly causes such an accident, pursuant to both CPLR 302 (a) (2) and Vehicle and Traffic Law § 253 (see, Siegel, N Y Prac § 97 [2d ed 1991]).

The order denying the appellant's motion to dismiss the complaint against him pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (2) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction must be affirmed, irrespective of whether the plaintiff complied with the requirements of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 253(2) regarding service of process upon him. Proper service under this section subjects the appellant to the personal jurisdiction of the court (see, e.g., Lederman v McLean Trucking Co., 41 A.D.2d 5). Neither the plaintiff nor the appellant addressed the issue of personal jurisdiction before the Supreme Court, Kings County, or before this Court, notwithstanding that all their arguments concerned whether the appellant had been properly served with process pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law § 253 (2). The parties were free to chart their own procedural course and fashion the basis upon which this particular controversy was to be resolved (see, Cullen v Naples, 31 N.Y.2d 818, 820). Bracken, J.P., Harwood, Miller and Copertino, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Davis v. Trey

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 2, 1992
187 A.D.2d 409 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
Case details for

Davis v. Trey

Case Details

Full title:CLIFFORD DAVIS, Respondent, v. JOHN J. TREY, Appellant, et al., Defendants

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 2, 1992

Citations

187 A.D.2d 409 (N.Y. App. Div. 1992)
589 N.Y.S.2d 563

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