Young v. Mobil Oil Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Lilienthal \adopted the principle that the law applied should be that of the state having the most significant relationship to the parties and the transaction.\
• indemnity provision in foreign contract held invalid because indemnity would subvert public policy as expressed in the exclusive liability provision of the Workers’ Compensation Law
• indemnity provision void as against the public policy embodied in the exclusive liability provision of the Workers’ Compensation Law
• indemnity provision in foreign contract held invalid because indemnity would subvert public policy as expressed in the exclusive liability provision of the Workers' Compensation Law
• indemnity provision in foreign contract held invalid because indemnity would subvert public policy as 'expressed in the exclusive liability provision of the Workers’ Compensation Law
• “In construing contracts, Oregon adheres to the rule that the intention of the parties prevails,” although there are limits if the parties’ choice is unreasonable.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).