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· 2/20/1981

General Electric Co. v. Keyser

Citations

  • 275 S.E.2d 289
  • 166 W. Va. 456
  • 1981 W. Va. LEXIS 562

How courts have described this case

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  • choice of New York law rejected because of insubstantial connection
  • rejecting choice of law based on state of incorporation
  • “A choice of law provision in a contract will not be given effect when the contract bears no substantial relationship with the jurisdiction whose laws the parties have chosen to govern the agreement, or when the application of that law would offend the public policy of this state.”

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Judges: McGraw

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