Jurisdiction.

Practice point: The trucking company appointed an agent for service of process in New York, and that is consent to suit in the State.

Student note: The truck driver, a Georgia resident, was driving from Florida to Massachusetts, when the accident happened in New Jersey, and so there is no basis for personal jurisdiction over him.

Case: Pena v. R & B Transp., NY Slip Op 02389 (1st Dept. 2012).

Here is the decision.

Tomorrow’s issue: Contempt.