Rocca v. Kenney

The issue in this automobile accident case is whether plaintiff, a resident of New Hampshire, has obtained quasi in rem jurisdiction by attaching in New Hampshire a policy of insurance issued to the defendant, a resident of New York, where the accident occurred. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss which was granted on an agreed statement of facts, and plaintiff’s exception was transferred by Brock, J.

It is agreed that on October 12, 1974, Krista Rocca was a passenger in an automobile driven by her mother, Dee, on a public highway in Brooklyn, New York, which was in collision with an…