PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Jurisdiction & Venue
......Choice of Law
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • OK's law of repose, rather than CA law, applies to P's asbestos-related illness where OK's interest would be more impaired by failure to apply its law than would be CA's interest by failure to apply its law.
  • Where the parties agreed New York law would govern their agreement, it was properly applied to award prejudgment interest to plaintiff.
  • Employer failed to show P's unwaivable statutory rights under CA Labor Code would not be diminished by enforcing TX forum selection clause and related choice-of-law clause in her employment agreement.