Place Of Injury Dictates Applicable State Law, Federal Judge Says

(May 11, 2018, 2:20 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — While some factors weigh in favor of applying Massachusetts law to an asbestos wrongful death action, the fact that the injury occurred in Maine, a state where the defendant enjoyed a longstanding relationship, warrants applying the latter state’s laws, a federal judge in Massachusetts held May 9 (Ruth Burleigh, et al. v. Alfa Laval Inc., et al., No. 16-11030, D. Mass., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77891)....

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