GIANT GROUP, LTD. v. ANDERSEN


2 A.D.3d 189 (2003)

770 N.Y.S.2d 291

GIANT GROUP, LTD., Appellant, v. ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP et al., Defendants, and L.H. FRIEND, WEINRESS, FRANKSON & PRESSON, LLC, Also Known as L.H. FRIEND, WEINRESS, FRANKSON & PRESSON, INC., et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 9, 2003.


The court's conclusion that it lacked personal jurisdiction over defendants L.H. Friend and Greg Presson, domiciliaries of California, was incorrect. The complaint sufficiently alleges meetings in New York, in which Presson and others from L.H. Friend took an active part, during which plaintiff's purchase of Periscope Sportswear, Inc. (Periscope) was negotiated. L.H. Friend and Presson were allegedly engaged by plaintiff to advise...

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