PEOPLE v. H & R BLOCK, INC.


58 A.D.3d 415 (2009)

870 N.Y.S.2d 315

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, by ANDREW M. CUOMO, as Attorney General, Respondent-Appellant, v. H & R BLOCK, INC., et al., Respondents, and H & R BLOCK FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC., Appellant-Respondent, et al., Defendants.

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

January 6, 2009.


The court erred in rejecting, at this stage of the litigation, plaintiff's claim that the court obtained personal jurisdiction over Block, Inc. and Services through the actions of their subsidiaries in this state. Plaintiff's pleadings and accompanying documentation made a "sufficient start" to warrant further discovery on the issue of personal jurisdiction (see Peterson v Spartan Indus., 33 N.Y.2d 463, 467 [1974]; Edelman v Taittinger...

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