Dawkins v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• declining to recognize a public policy exception to the lex loci delicti rule and determining application of Georgia substantive law, which required actual bodily contact with a plaintiff as a result of the defendant’s conduct in emotional distress actions, was appropriate
• application of Georgia’s impact rule in a South Carolina court would not violate the public policy exception to the rule of lex loci delicti
• application of Georgia’s impact rule in a South Carolina court would not violate the public policy exception to the rule of lex loci delicti
• it is well established in South Carolina that in tort cases law of place where injury was occasioned or inflicted, governs in respect of right of action, and law of forum in respect to matters pertaining to remedy only
• “The ‘good morals or natural justice’ of our State are not violated when foreign law is applied to preclude a tort action for money damages...even if recovery may be had upon application of South Carolina law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dowis v. Mud Slingers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-24· cited 63×
• Lister v. NationsBank
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-11-17· cited 63×
• Boone v. Boone
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-04-23· cited 22×
• Witt v. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASS'N, INC.
  D. South Carolina· 1994-08-16· cited 22×
• Bannister v. Hertz Corp.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1994-10-31· cited 9×
• Rogers v. Lee
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2015-09-02· cited 9×
• Coon v. the Medical Center, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 6×
• Yeager v. Maryland Casualty Co.
  D. South Carolina· 1994-07-29· cited 4×
• In Re § 1031 EXCHANGE LITIGATION
  D. South Carolina· 2010-06-02· cited 2×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• OB-Gyn Associates of Albany v. Littleton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-12-05· cited 98×
• Oshiek v. Oshiek
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1964-05-12· cited 37×
• Littleton v. OB-GYN Associates of Albany P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-02-25· cited 13×
• Harris v. Wall Tire Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-11-30· cited 10×
• Littleton v. OB-GYN Associates of Albany, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-03-09· cited 4×