HALL v. GENERAL MOTORS

Docket No. 196929.

582 N.W.2d 866 (1998)

229 Mich. App. 580

Wayne A. HALL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 12, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication August 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grenn & Grenn, P.C. by Frederick M. Grenn and Margaret P. Andrews, Dearborn, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bowman and Brooke by Peter H. Webster, Detroit, for defendant-appellant.

Before SAAD, P.J., and O'CONNELL and M.J. MATUZAK, JJ.


SAAD, Presiding Judge.

I

NATURE OF THE CASE

Plaintiff's personal injury, products liability claim against General Motors Corporation raises a choice-of-law question of first impression under Michigan law: is plaintiff's residency at the time of injury or at the time of filing suit controlling? Because plaintiff resided in North Carolina when injured, and in Michigan when he brought suit, we must decide which residency controls. This determination...

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