Liu Yu v. Ma

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Arthur F. Engoron, J.), entered February 3, 2016, which granted defendant Stella Ma’s motion to vacate the default judgment against her and dismiss the complaint on the ground that she was a non-domiciliary over whom the court lacked personal jurisdiction, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Although the motion court’s decision cites CPLR 317, defendant Ma moved pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (4) to vacate the default judgment against her on the ground that the court “lack[ed] jurisdiction to render the judgment or order.” Under CPLR 5015 (a) (4), the need to…