Legal Opinion
Asher v. Unarco Material Handling, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided July 28, 2010No. Civil Action 06-548-ARTPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
AMUL R. THAPAR, District Judge.
This case presents an interesting choice of law question — whose law should the Court apply when the forum state (Kentucky) has minimal interests and the competing state (Illinois) does not have much of an interest either. While at first blush, this appears to be a difficult question, if Kentucky’s presumption for its own law means anything, it means that a court must apply Kentucky’s law when there are not overwhelming interests to the contrary.
Background
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2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Wallace Hardware Company, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Bill Abrams, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- American Bumper and Manufacturing Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1996
- True v. RainesKentucky Supreme Court · 2003
- Breeding v. Massachusetts Indemnity & Life Insurance Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- American Towers LLC v. BPI, Inc.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2015
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