AYBAR v. AYBAR

No. 54.

37 N.Y.3d 274 (2021)

177 N.E.3d 1257

156 N.Y.S.3d 104

2021 NY Slip Op 05393

ANNA AYBAR et al., Appellants, v. JOSE A. AYBAR, JR., et al., Defendants, and FORD MOTOR COMPANY et al., Respondents. U.S. TIRES AND WHEELS OF QUEENS, LLC, Nonparty Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker Waichman LLP, Port Washington ( Jay L. T. Breakstone of counsel), and Omrani & Taub, P.C. for appellants.

Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York City ( Sean Marotta of counsel), and Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP, New York City ( Elliot J. Zucker and Peter J. Fazio of counsel), for Ford Motor Company, respondent, and DLA Piper LLP (US), New York City (Jayne Anderson Risk and Neal F Kronley of counsel), for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., respondent.

New York State Trial Lawyers' Association, New York City ( Edward A. Steinberg of counsel), for New York State Trial Lawyers' Association, amicus curiae.

New York State Bar Association, Albany ( Scott M. Karson , Michael J. Hutter , Souren A. Israelyan and Domenick Napoletano of counsel), for New York State Bar Association, amicus curiae.

Selendy & Gay PLLC, New York City ( Caitlin J. Halligan , Amy K. Nemetz and Max H. Siegel of counsel), and George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C. ( Alan B. Morrison of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for Alan B. Morrison and others, amici curiae.

Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., New York City ( Alani Golanski of counsel), and Navan Ward , American Association for Justice, Washington, D.C. ( Jeffrey R. White of counsel), for American Association for Justice, amicus curiae.

Jones Day, New York City ( Lanier Saperstein , Rajeev Muttreja and Helen Jiang of counsel) and Washington, D.C. ( J. Benjamin Aguiñaga of counsel), and Council on Judicial Administration, New York City Bar Association, New York City ( Michael P. Regan and Philip V Tisne of counsel), for New York City Bar Association, amicus curiae.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York City ( Scott A. Eisman , Timothy P. Harkness , Linda H. Martin , David Y Livshiz , Elena Hadjimichael , Alistair Blacklock and Yulia Dernovsky of counsel), and U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C. ( Andrew R. Varcoe and Jennifer B. Dickey of counsel), for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and another, amici curiae.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The Business Corporation Law requires foreign corporations seeking authorization to do business in New York to register with the New York Secretary of State and designate an in-state agent for service of process. The question before us on this appeal is whether...

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