Homer Trotter purchased a Ford Explorer in Hawaii while a member of the United States military. Two weeks after purchasing the vehicle, Homer is transferred to Syracuse, New York, where the car was serviced by a local Ford dealer. One week after the service, Homer is killed when the front tires explodeand the Explorer rolls over.

The estate of Homer Trotter brings a wrongful death action against Walt's Ford in Syracuse, Ford Motor Company, and Hawaii Ford. It is established that Hawaii Ford did not advertise outside of Hawaii, had sold only two vehicles outside of the State in the past ten years, received less than one percent of its income from interstate commerce, and had, aside from the accident, no contact with New York State.

Question:

Using New York Civil Practice Law and Rules and readingEstate ofWeingeroffv.PilatusAircraft,

[link to edited version of the case accessed atFindlaw.com]as well as the sufficient minimum contacts test, discuss

The ability of the New York court in my example to assert long arm jurisdiction over the following

[a] Walt's Ford;

[b] Ford Motor Company and

[c] Hawaii Ford.

Please explain fully.