Hernandez v. Burger

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “with respect to regulating or affecting conduct within its borders, the place of the wrong has the predominant interest”
• finding that California did not have a greater interest than Mexico, where the plaintiff was a resident and citizen of Mexico even though the Defendant was a California resident
• recognizing protection of the tourist industry as significant in a damages context
• Mexican law, rather than California law, applied to personal-injury claims arising out of auto accident in Mexico
• Mexican law, rather than California law, applied to personal-injury claims arising out of auto accident in Mexico
• “[W]ith respect to regulating or affecting conduct within its borders, the place of the wrong has the predominant interest.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).