Athena Resources Ltd. v. Wu

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered August 10, 2012, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The court properly rejected enforcement of the Hong Kong judgment, as the record is devoid of any evidence that defendant here, who was not a party to the Hong Kong action, was ever properly served, or even notified of that action (see Sung Hwan Co., Ltd. v Rite Aid Corp., 46 AD3d 288 [1st Dept 2007]; see also CIBC Mellon Trust Co. v Mora Hotel Corp., 296 AD2d 81, 93-95 [1st Dept…