Out-of-State Attorney's Alleged Negotiation of Comp Lien in-State May Be Basis for Jurisdiction

A New York appellate court ruled that the state may be able to exercise personal jurisdiction over a Massachusetts attorney who allegedly negotiated the settlement of a carrier's workers' compensation lien with a New York self-insurance trust in order to resolve his client's personal injury suit in Massachusetts. Case: Gottlieb v. Merrigan, No. 518119, 07/03/2014, published. Facts: Mark Swanson retained Scott Gottlieb, an attorney licensed in New York, to represent him in connection with a personal injury action in Massachusetts.  Swanson, who was a resident of New York and...