Italian Colony Restaurant, Inc. v. Wershals

In an action by lessees to recover damages inter alia for destruction of part of the leased premises, defendant and third-party plaintiff Edward Schwatt," doing business as Atlantic Associates Co., appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated July 16, 1973, which, after a hearing, granted plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss said defendant’s affirmative defense of lack of personal jurisdiction. Order reversed, on the law, with costs, plaintiffs’ motion denied and judgment directed to be entered in favor of said defendant, dismissing the complaint. There was no valid personal…