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· 4/15/1868

White v. Bird

Citations

  • 20 La. 281

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  • applying West Virginia law to the claims of plaintiffs injured in West Virginia and Ohio law to claims of those injured in Ohio
  • “[U]se of the limiting language ‘this agreement’ or ‘this contract’ does not encompass non-contract claims.”
  • A choice-of-law provision applying to “this agreement” governs only breach-of-contract claims, not claims arising outside the agreement’s terms, such as tort claims.

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Judges: Hviran

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