Case Name: C-Life Group Ltd., Appellant, v. Generra Company, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-01-16
Citations: 235 A.D.2d 267
Docket Number: 
Parties: C-Life Group Ltd., Appellant, v Generra Company, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 235
Pages: 267–267

Head Matter:
C-Life Group Ltd., Appellant, v Generra Company, Respondent.
[652 NYS2d 41]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered September 12, 1995, in favor of defendant dismissing the complaint, and bringing up for review a prior order, same court and Justice, which granted defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The parties' initial, 45-minute meeting in New York was clearly exploratory in nature, leading to nothing more than a proposal that was itself the subject of further negotiations over the phone, by mail, and in meetings outside of New York. Such is not a transaction of business in New York within the meaning of CPLR 302 (a) (1) (see, Liederman Assocs. v Robotool Ltd., 154 AD2d 515). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Rosenberger, Williams and Andrias, JJ.