Legal Opinion
Winters v. Maxey
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 1972PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DYER, Chief Justice.
The sole question for determination in this case is whether the lex loci delicti doctrine as applied in Tennessee should be continued or whether it should be repudiated in favor of a modern theory.
The plaintiff and defendant are now and were, prior to the accident giving rise to this suit, citizens and residents of Chea-tham County, Tennessee. Defendant invited plaintiff to accompany her in defendant’s automobile for a trip to Florida where they would have a short vacation and then return to Cheatham County, Tennessee. In the course of this trip, while driving in…
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