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SEXTON v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL

Docket Nos. 61606, 63362. (Calendar Nos. 1, 2).

413 Mich. 406 (1982)

320 N.W.2d 843

SEXTON v. RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC STORIE v. SOUTHFIELD LEASING, INC

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph McCarthy, Jr., for plaintiffs Sexton.

Schaden & Heldman (by Victoria C. Heldman) and Richard M. Goodman, P.C. (by Susan E. Lister), for plaintiff Storie.

James, Dark & Brill (by J. William Dark) for defendant Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.

Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk & Pedersen (by John P. Jacobs and C. Barry Wetherington) for defendant Southfield Leasing, Inc.

Amici Curiae:

Faintuck, Shwedel, Wolfram, McDonald & Zipser (by William G. Wolfram) for Michigan Defense Trial Counsel and Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Gromek, Bendure & Thomas (by Carl L. Gromek and Nancy L. Bosh) for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

WILLIAMS, J.

These companion cases challenge us to decide whether this Court should continue to follow the doctrine of lex loci delicti, which was upheld more than a decade ago in Abendschein v Farrell, 382 Mich. 510; 170 N.W.2d 137 (1969). This Court, in granting leave to appeal, said:

"The parties are directed to include among the issues to be briefed: (1) whether the doctrine...

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