PATERNO v. LASER SPINE INST.

No. 186

24 N.Y.3d 370 (2014)

23 N.E.3d 988

998 N.Y.S.2d 720

2014 NY Slip Op 08054

FRANK PATERNO, Appellant, v. LASER SPINE INSTITUTE et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Timothy G. Griffin, Bronxville ( Timothy G. Griffin of counsel), for appellant.

DeCorato Cohen Sheehan & Federico, LLP, New York City ( Joshua R. Cohen and Amanda L. Tate of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and ABDUS-SALAAM concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Plaintiff Frank Paterno appeals from the dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction of his medical malpractice action against non-domiciliary defendants Laser Spine Institute (LSI) and various LSI professionals. We conclude that defendants' contacts with New York are insufficient to confer long-arm jurisdiction...

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