Prime Properties USA 2011, LLC v. Richardson

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Melvin L. Schweitzer, J.), entered September 12, 2014, which granted the motion of defendants Laura Richardson and Roland Richardson to dismiss the claims against them pursuant to CPLR 327 (a), unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Contrary to the Richardsons’ contention, this appeal is not moot, even though the court in the parallel French proceeding already issued a decision on the merits after trial. If we had reversed the motion court’s decision, this would have affected the parties’ rights (see Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 NY2d 707, 714…