Crook v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co.

— Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in finding that, since defendants Hotsy Corporation (Hotsy) and National Chem-search (Chemsearch) made a CPLR 3211 (a) motion that did not challenge jurisdiction, they waived that defense even though it was contained in their answers. CPLR 3211 (e) permits a defendant to interpose an objection to personal jurisdiction either by making a motion to dismiss or by raising it as a defense in the answer (see, Siegel, Practice Commentaries, McKinney’s Cons…