Hampton v. Annal Management Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Judgment entered March 17, 1995 reversed, without costs, and the motion to punish appellant for civil contempt is denied.

*139Appeal from order dated November 9, 1994 dismissed, without costs, as superseded by the judgment.

Civil Court erred in granting the motion to punish appellant Annal Management Co., Ltd. (Annal) for civil disobedience of a judicial subpoena (see, CPLR 2308 [a]) and awarding consequential damages where the court lacked in personam jurisdiction. Annal, a nonparty previously dismissed from the action, was not named in the subpoena or in the order to show…