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DOBKIN v. CHAPMAN

21 N.Y.2d 490 (1968)

Richard Dobkin, Respondent, v. Shirley J. Chapman, Jr., et al., Defendants. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation, Appellant. Carrie D. Sellers, as Administratrix of The Estate of Esther Strukes, Deceased, Respondent, v. Earl V. Raye, Defendant. Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation, Appellant. Charles Keller, Respondent, v. Edward Rappoport, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Kinney and Charles T. Beeching, Jr., for appellant in the first and second above-entitled actions.

No appearance for Richard Dobkin, respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Robert Alvin Adler, Sidney S. Loberfeld and Benjamin Adler for Carrie D. Sellars, respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Patrick J. Hughes for American Insurance Association, amicus curiæ.

Reid A. Curtis and Raymond F. Condon for appellant in the third above-entitled action.

Thomas R. Newman and Charles R. Kleinhardt for respondent in the third above-entitled action.

Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN concur.

Chief Judge FULD.

Each of these three cases stems from an automobile accident in New York in which the victim was either injured or killed. In two of the cases, the defendants were residents while, in the third, they had been domiciled in another state. Since the defendants' whereabouts were unknown, rendering normal prescribed methods of service of process upon them impossible, we are called upon to decide an...

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