Harold Broome, as of the Last Will and Testament of Raymond H. Broome, Deceased v. Antlers' Hunting Club

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The question for decision in this diversity case is whether the district court properly determined that under the rule of Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co., 313 U.S. 487, 62 S.Ct. 1284, 86 L.Ed. 1757 (1941), a Pennsylvania court would apply Pennsylvania negligence law to determine liability and New York survival law to measure damages. The action was brought under the Pennsylvania survival statute by a New York plaintiff seeking to recover for fatal injuries sustained in Pennsylvania. Because we believe that a Pennsylvania court would…