VEAZEY v. DOREMUS


103 N.J. 244 (1986)

510 A.2d 1187

GEORGE H. VEAZEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. CHARLES D. DOREMUS AND DOROTHY J. VEAZEY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Roth argued the cause for appellant (Bendit, Weinstock & Sharbaugh, attorneys; Alan Roth and Harry Schaffer, on the briefs).

Michael D. Blythe argued the cause for respondent Charles D. Doremus (O'Donnell, McCord, Leslie & O'Toole, attorneys).

John Haschak, III, argued the cause for respondent Dorothy J. Veazey (W. Stephen Leary, attorney; James D. Bride, of counsel).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by POLLOCK, J.

This appeal presents a choice-of-law question relating to the issue of the capacity of one spouse to sue another for personal injuries arising out of the other spouse's negligent operation of an automobile. The question arises because Florida, the spouses' state of domicile, recognizes interspousal immunity, but New Jersey, the forum and the place where the accident occurred, has abolished that immunity.

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