General Motors Corp. v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada Ex Rel. County of Clark

*468OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

In this original writ petition, we clarify Nevada’s choice-of-law jurisprudence in tort actions. We conclude that the most significant relationship test, as provided in the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws section 145, should govern the choice-of-law analysis in tort actions unless a more specific section of the Second Restatement applies to the particular tort claim. Consequently, we no longer adhere to the choice-of-law analysis previously set forth in Motenko v. MGM Dist., Inc.1

FACTS

In April 2002, real party in interest Heather Simmons was driving…