BEATO v. PAKISTAN EMBASSY


301 A.D.2d 459 (2003)

754 N.Y.S.2d 633

LAUREANO S. BEATO, Appellant, v. PAKISTAN EMBASSY et al., Respondents.

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

Decided January 28, 2003.


Defendants in this personal injury action, which arose from a traffic accident, are clearly subject to the jurisdiction of our courts pursuant to the "tortious act" exception set out in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (28 USC § 1605 [a] [5]; Foxworth v Permanent Mission of Republic of Uganda to United Nations, 796 F.Supp. 761, 764). The statute's legislative history...

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