Armstrong v. Armstrong

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

We are called upon to resolve choice-of-law questions arising from an automobile accident which occurred in the Yukon Territory, Dominion of Canada. As a result of the accident, appellant instituted a personal injury action against his wife in the Superior Court of the State of Alaska. 1 Appellee moved for summary judgment on the ground that the laws of Yukon Territory, Dominion of Canada, prohibit inter-spousal suits based upon negligently inflicted harms occurring while the parties were lawfully married and living together as husband and wife. 2 Prior to the date…