The insurance coverage mogul and yacht proprietor accused of inflicting the loss of life of NYC trend entrepreneur Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was shocked when he was served authorized papers after dodging attorneys for two months.

Christopher Durnan allegedly despatched attorneys on a wild goose chase up and down the East Coast before they lastly caught up to him in October — one yr after Nolan-O’Slatarra was discovered useless aboard the financier’s boat at a swanky Montauk boat membership.

“Was surprised it took you so long,” Durnan said after he was served papers on Oct. 1, according to court docket paperwork filed on Oct. 15 and seen by The Post.

Christopher Durnan was served a Summons of Notice in a $50 million lawsuit after being tracked down to Florida on Oct. 1, 2026. Obtained by the NY Post

Durnan was caught leaving a residence in Lantana, Florida and was tailed to a home 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 particular person to see Nolan-O’Slatarra alive, is going through a $50 million civil lawsuit introduced by her property for damages over her mysterious loss of life.

The 33-year-old NYC-based clothier was discovered unresponsive, chilly and bloodied by EMTs aboard Durnan’s vessel docked at the Montauk Yacht Club on Aug. 5, 2025.

Her loss of life was initially believed to be an unintended drug overdose but an impartial post-mortem only discovered hint quantities of cocaine in her system.

Durnan is accused of assault, negligence and gross negligence that led to Nolan-O’Slatarra’s loss of life, according to a lawsuit first reported by The Post and filed in New York County Court on Aug. 4, on the anniversary of her loss of life.

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was discovered useless aboard Durnan’s The Ripple quick boat docked at the Montauk Yacht Club on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2025. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post

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Attorneys for Nolan-O’Slatarra’s property tried a number of instances to contact Durnan and serve him with a Summons of Notice — starting on Aug. 5 — before they lastly caught up to him in South Florida three months later.

Officials tried to contact Durnan at the three addresses related with the investor — two on Long Island and a third in the Catskills.

During each try, which started on Aug. 26, the attorneys and their employed course of servers came up empty-handed finding and serving Durnan

A course of server at a Garden City, Long Island deal with, which Durnan has held the deed to since 2023, was met by a star Ivy League lacrosse participant who refused to settle for the summons and said it would only be lost if left on the stoop.

The entrance web page of the New York Post on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. scalle

Durnan was finally tracked down to the Lantana deal with, where two automobiles registered to him were situated outside.

Two totally different course of servers and a employed investigator tried to make contact with Durnan at the Florida deal with at least 10 instances between Sept. 2 and Sept. 30, failing to serve the mogul each time.

As he was served the summons, Durnan made the brash assertion to the server, mocking how lengthy it took for him to be served, according to the affidavit, first reported by the Irish Independent.

Nolan-O’Slatarra’s household has launched a tip line to assist in the non-public investigation into her loss of life as the case stays open.

“The family of Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra and their legal team are seeking information that may help their investigation into her death in Montauk,” says the tip web site, MarthaTipline.com, which is set up by lawyer Michael Bowe of Brithem LLP.

“Brithem’s legal team continues to investigate and is asking anyone with information to come forward,” the web site says.