Franklin v. Catawba Insurance

—In an action to recover uninsured motorist benefits under an automobile liability insurance policy, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Mason, J.), dated November 14, 2000, which denied their motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and the complaint is dismissed.

On February 7, 1998, while driving in Brooklyn, the plaintiff Levan Frank, whose vehicle was owned by the nonparty Aaron Frank and insured by Catawba Insurance Company (hereinafter Catawba)…