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SEXTON v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC.

Docket No. 77-4340.

84 Mich. App. 69 (1978)

269 N.W.2d 308

SEXTON v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph McCarthy, Jr., for plaintiffs.

James, Dark, Craig & Brill, for defendant.

Before: R.B. BURNS, P.J., and J.H. GILLIS and D.C. RILEY, JJ.

J.H. GILLIS, J.

This matter involves the ancient doctrine of lex loci delicti.1 This writer was faced with a similar case some ten years past and took that opportunity to urge the Supreme Court to abandon the lex loci delicti doctrine and adopt the new "dominant contacts"2 approach in determining what law should govern in conflict situations.

The Supreme Court decided to retain the Michigan...

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