Pyott-Boone Electronics Inc. v. IRR Trust for Fetterolf Dated December 9, 1997
District Court, W.D. Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES P. JONES, District Judge.
In this diversity action involving the sale of a Virginia business, the disappointed buyer has sued for damages for breach of the written contract governing the transaction, as well as for related tort claims. Because I find that Delaware law governs the case pursuant to a choice-of-law provision of the contract and because that law does not support the claims made by the plaintiff, I will grant the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. My reasons are as follows.
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The plaintiff, Pyott-Boone Electronics Inc. (“PBE”), asserts claims in this case arising from a…
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