Hilton International Co. v. Ginsburg

DREIER, J.A.D.

Defendant has appealed from a summary judgment in favor of plaintiff entered after an order striking defendant’s statute of limitations defense. Plaintiff’s claim was based upon a judgment of the District Court of Puerto Rico, and plaintiff successfully urged in the Law Division that the judgment was entitled to full faith and credit. Defendant contends that he received a constitutionally deficient notice of the pendency of the Puerto Rican action, and thus the judgment is unenforceable in New Jersey. He raised the additional defense that the action was instituted in Puerto Rico…