Legal Opinion
Beato v. Pakistan Embassy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 28, 2003PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton Tingling, J.), entered on or about May 8, 2002, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground of diplomatic immunity, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied and the complaint reinstated.
Defendants in this personal injury action, which arose from a traffic accident, are clearly subject to the jurisdiction of our *460courts pursuant to the “tortious act” exception set out in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (28 USC § 1605 [a] [5]; Foxworth v Permanent Mission of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Foxworth v. Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uganda to the United NationsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1992
- Kobelski v. Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United NationsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Castaldo v. Migay Trucking Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
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