Legal Opinion

Pyott-Boone Electronics Inc. v. IRR Trust for Fetterolf Dated December 9, 1997

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided January 15, 2013No. Case No. 1:12CV00048PublishedCited by 11 opinions

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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