Ordmandy v. Lynn

OPINION OF THE COURT

Stephen Smyk, J.

This is a motion by defendant, Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese corporation, for an order pursuant to CPLR 3211 (subd [a], par 8) dismissing this action as against Toyota Motor Corporation on the ground that the service of process upon defendant by registered mail in Japan was insufficient under New York law (Business Corporation Law, § 307) and under the international Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague Convention, 20 US Treaties 361). Plaintiffs contend that service of process…