Turner

This is, apparently, the first case in California in which jurisdiction has been predicated on Seider v. Roth (1966) 17 N.Y.2d 111 [ 269 N.Y.S.2d 99 , 216 N.E.2d 312 ]. To our knowledge it is the first case outside of New York that accepts, rather than rejects, Seider. Seider and the cases following it hold that jurisdiction quasi in rem may be obtained by attaching as property of a nonresident defendant, over whom jurisdiction in personam cannot be obtained, his right under a liability insurance policy to have an insurer defend and indemnify him on the claim out of which the suit arises. In other words, the plaintiff may sue not only in any state where he may obtain jurisdiction over the insured defendant, but also in any state where he may obtain jurisdiction over the defendant's insurer. It is convenient to think of the problem in two parts: (1) does the state have jurisdiction? and (2) if it does, has it provided a mode of exercising it? We answer both questions in the affirmative. For the answer to the first we rely primarily on Code of Civil Procedure section 410.10 and Minichiello v. Rosenberg (2d Cir.1968) 410 F.2d 106 , the most complete…