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JOHNSON v. WARD

4 N.Y.3d 516 (2005)

829 N.E.2d 1201

797 N.Y.S.2d 33

ROGER JOHNSON et al., Respondents, v DANIEL A. WARD, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 5, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stockschlaeder, McDonald & Sules, P.C., New York City (Richard T. Sules and Gail S. Karan of counsel), for appellant.

Pops & Associates, New York City (Daniel W. Coffey and Paul R. Pops of counsel), for respondents.

Before: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges G.B. SMITH, CIPARICK, ROSENBLATT, READ and R.S. SMITH concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAFFEO, J.

In this case, we are asked whether long-arm jurisdiction exists over a nonresident holding a New York driver's license and car registration for a tort claim arising from an out-of-state motor vehicle accident. We conclude that personal jurisdiction does not lie under CPLR 302 (a) (1) because there is an insufficient nexus between plaintiffs' personal injury action and any New...

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