Ivens Stanton Associates, Inc. v. Nor-Quest Resources, Ltd.

Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Karla Moskowitz, J.), entered on March 20, 1992, which, inter alia, granted the cross-motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction, is unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of denying the cross-motion, without prejudice to renewal after discovery, and otherwise affirmed, with costs.

In this action to enforce a claim for payment under a public relations retainer agreement, the issue on the merits is the duration of the contract. On this appeal, the issue is limited to personal jurisdiction over the defendant, a Canadian…