Insurance moguls brash response when served legal papers in $50M suit tied to NYC designers mysterious Montauk yacht death

The insurance mogul and yacht owner accused of causing the death of NYC fashion entrepreneur Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was shocked when he was served legal papers after dodging lawyers for two months.Christopher Durnan allegedly sent attorneys on a wild goose chase up and down the East Coast before they finally caught up to him in October — one year after Nolan-O’Slatarra was found dead aboard the financier’s boat at a swanky Montauk boat club.“Was surprised it took you so long,” Durnan said after he was served papers on Oct.

1, according to court documents filed on Oct.15 and viewed by The Post.

Durnan was caught leaving a residence in Lantana, Florida and was tailed to a house in Jupiter, Florida, where he was served outside the residence at 12:07 p.m., attorneys said.Durnan, who is believed to be the last person to see Nolan-O’Slatarra alive, is facing a $50 million civil lawsuit brought by her estate for damages over her mysterious death.The 33-year-old NYC-based fashion designer was found unresponsive, cold and bloodied by EMTs aboard Durnan’s vessel docked at the Montauk Yacht Club on Aug.5, 2025.Her death was initially believed to be an accidental drug overdose but an independent autopsy only found trace amounts of cocaine in her system.Durnan is accused of assault, negligence and gross negligence that led to Nolan-O’Slatarra’s death, according to a lawsuit first reported by The Post and filed in New York County Court on Aug.

4, on the anniversary of her death.Attorneys for Nolan-O’Slatarra’s estate tried multiple times to contact Durnan and serve him with a Summons of Notice — beginning on Aug.

5 — before they finally caught up to him in South Florida three months later.Officials tried to contact Durnan at the three addresses associated with the investor — two on Long Island and a third in the Catskills.During each attempt, which began on Aug.26, the attorneys and their hired process servers came up empty-handed locating and ...