AMIOT v. AMES

No. 96-134.

693 A.2d 675 (1997)

Victor AMIOT v. David AMES.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Craddock, Montpelier, and Jeffry W. White, Royalton, for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard H. Wadhams, Jr., and James E. Preston of Pierson, Wadhams, Quinn & Yates, Burlington, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.


GIBSON, Justice.

Defendant David Ames seeks interlocutory review of the Orleans Superior Court's denial of his motion to dismiss, ruling that Vermont law applies to a motor vehicle accident in Quebec between Canadian and Vermont residents. Defendant claims the court erred in refusing to follow the choice-of-law rule of lex loci delicti, which would require applying Quebec law. In the event this Court agrees with the trial court and adopts the Restatement's significant...

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