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GBYE v. GBYE

No. COA97-1161.

503 S.E.2d 434 (1998)

Fredrick GBYE, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Marquezeyon Gbye, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Doris GBYE, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Rufus Farrior, P.A. by J. Rufus Farrior, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C. by Jack M. Strauch, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee.

WYNN, Judge.

In actions arising in tort, the doctrine of lex loci deliciti provides that the law of the state where the tort was allegedly committed controls the substantive issues of the case. Terry v. Pullman Trailmobile, 92 N.C. App. 687, 376 S.E.2d 47 (1989). Because the accident in which the minor daughter was killed occurred in Alabama, a state which provides parents with...

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