Reich v. Purcell

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding California was “disinterested” in a dispute where its only connection was plaintiffs after-acquired residence
• declining to treat survivors in wrongful death suit as residents because they moved to California after accident
• holding Missouri did not have a real interest in applying its law regarding damages limitation with respect to an accident that occurred in Missouri, because the defendant was a resident of Ohio and Missouri’s interest was to shield Missouri residents from liability
• “Missouri is concerned with conduct within her borders and as to such conduct she has the predominant interest of the states involved.”
• Massachusetts federal court applied Massachusetts law, despite fact that the plaintiffs moved to California before filing suit
• “[The foreign state where the harm occurred] is concerned with conduct within her borders and as to such conduct she has the predominant interest of the states involved.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).