Walters v. Rockwell International Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WARRINER, District Judge.

This diversity action is before the Court for approval of a settlement arising under North Carolina’s Death by Wrongful Act statute. N.C.Gen.Stat. § 28A-18-2. Despite the parties’ ability to reach a settlement, one issue remains unresolved. This issue is whether the law of North Carolina should be applied in distributing the proceeds of a settlement in a case brought under North Carolina’s Wrongful Death Act because the cause of action arose in that State or, whether the law of Virginia should be applied in the distribution of such proceeds because…