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DELAGI v. VOLKSWAGEN AG

29 N.Y.2d 426 (1972)

Nicholas J. Delagi, Respondent, v. Volkswagenwerk AG of Wolfsburg, Germany, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 13, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Rubin, Bernard J. Wald and Michael Hoenig for appellant.

Bernard R. Lieberman and Seymour M. Liebowitz for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL and GIBSON concur.

JASEN, J.

This action, based on negligence and breach of warranty, comes to us in the pleadings stage for a determination as to whether jurisdiction was validly acquired over the defendant, Volkswagenwerk AG of Wolfsburg, Germany, a German corporation, hereinafter referred to as VWAG.

The plaintiff in his complaint alleges that, in 1965, he purchased a Volkswagen automobile from an authorized Volkswagen...

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