Javorek v. Superior Court

Opinion

SULLIVAN, J.

In this proceeding for a writ of mandate brought under section 418.10, subdivision (c), of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1 we must decide whether quasi in rem jurisdiction over nonresident defendants may be obtained in this state by attaching the obligations of their liability insurer to defend and indemnify them. We are thus called upon to consider the much discussed rule of Seider v. Roth (1966) 17 N.Y.2d 111 [269 N.Y.S.2d 99, 216 N.E.2d 312],

On January 25, 1974, real parties in interest, Jack Bradford Larson, Sr., et al. 2 (hereafter plaintiffs) commenced against…