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TERWILLIGER v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION

No. 94-662.

642 So.2d 1164 (1994)

Richard TERWILLIGER, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Thomas Collins, Deceased, Appellant, v. OWENS-CORNING Fiberglas Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 28, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Brown and David M. Lipman, Miami, for appellant.

Crosby, Saad, Beebe & Crump, Mobile, AL, Berger & Chafetz and Steven R. Berger, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Collins was exposed to asbestos in Massachusetts, but moved to Florida long before the onset of his resulting illness and died a citizen of this state.1 We hold that the law of Florida, rather than Massachusetts, was properly applied below to determine the measure of damages for his wrongful death. See Bishop v. Florida Specialty Paint Co., 389 So.2d 999 (Fla. 1980); Proprietors...

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