Case Name: Leeward Isles Resorts, Limited, Respondent, v. Charles C. Hickox, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-04-30
Citations: 61 A.D.3d 622
Docket Number: 
Parties: Leeward Isles Resorts, Limited, Respondent, v Charles C. Hickox, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 61
Pages: 622–622

Head Matter:
Leeward Isles Resorts, Limited, Respondent, v Charles C. Hickox, Appellant.
[877 NYS2d 684]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Helen E. Freedman, J.), entered March 14, 2008, which denied defendant's motion to vacate a prior order, same court and Justice, entered January 9, 2007, granting plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment, and, upon said vacatur, for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that plaintiff failed to join necessary parties, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Assuming the nonjoined parties are necessary parties within the meaning of CPLR 1001 (a), defendant has not shown as a matter of law that he is entitled to dismissal of the complaint for failure to join them. Defendant contends that these parties are beyond the jurisdiction of the court and cannot be joined. However, even if these parties were shown to be beyond the jurisdiction of the court, consideration of the factors enumerated in CPLR 1001 (b) would support allowing the action to proceed, especially as "dismissal for failure to join a necessary party should eventuate only as a last resort" (L-3 Communications Corp. v SafeNet, Inc., 45 AD3d 1, 11 [2007] [internal quotation marks and citation omitted]). Concur—Gonzalez, EJ., Tom, Sweeny, Buckley and Acosta, JJ.