Ellis v. Trustmark Builders, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that a federal court sitting in diversity, applies the choice-of-law principles of the forum state when interpreting a contract
• “When sitting in diversity, we apply the choice-of-law rules of the forum state . . . to determine which state’s substantive law should apply.”
• in suit governed by Mississippi’s choice-of-law rules, applying Restatement Second’s section 145 to plaintiffs tort claim for negligence against a third-party tortfeasor following work-related injury for which he had previously received workers’ compensation benefits

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