National Equipment Rental, Ltd. v. Taylor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

This is an appeal by plaintiff National Equipment Rental, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as National) from an order of dismissal granted on the motion of the defendant, William E. Taylor d/b/a Liberal Import Center (hereinafter referred to as Taylor). The action is based on a foreign judgment entered by default against Taylor by the Supreme Court of New York, Nassau County. The trial court granted the motion on the grounds that there were “insufficient contacts with the Defendant for the New York court to acquire jurisdiction and the…