Steingold v. Capital Airlines, Inc.

This is a motion to qnash service of process and dismiss the complaint against the defendant Rolls-Royce, Inc., on the ground that the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action or on the alternative ground that the court should exercise its discretion to quash service and dismiss the complaint because this action should not have been brought in a New York State court.

This action is a wrongful death action. The decedent was killed in an airplane crash near Charles City in the State of Virginia on January 18, 1960. The plaintiff is a resident of the State of Virginia. He…