Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Erie Coach Lines Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 2011PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Read, J.
Near Geneseo, New York on January 19, 2005 a charter bus carrying members of an Ontario women’s hockey team plowed into the rear end of a tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder of the highway. Three bus passengers and the tractor-trailer’s driver died; several bus passengers were seriously hurt. We are called upon to decide the choice-of-law issue presented by these six lawsuits, which were brought to recover damages for wrongful death and/or personal injuries.
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Nearly a half-century ago, in Babcock v Jackson (12 NY2d 473 [1963]), we abandoned what had long been our…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Babcock v. JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Neumeier v. KuehnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Cooney v. Osgood Machinery, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Padula v. Lilarn Properties Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Miller v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Mashreqbank PSC v. Ahmed Hamad Al Gosaibi & Bros.New York Court of Appeals · 2014
- Bullock v. Caesars Entertainment Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 2015
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