Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners v. American Medical International, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MASTERSON, J.
This appeal raises the question of whether a standard choice-of-law provision (which states that a contract shall be governed by the “laws” of a particular jurisdiction) incorporates the statutes of limitations of the chosen state. We hold that it does and further conclude that the choice-of-law provision in this case requires the application of a foreign statute of limitations which is shorter than the otherwise applicable California statute of limitations.
Background
In October 1992, plaintiffs 1 filed their original complaint in superior court against American Medical…
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