STANLEY, JR. v. PUNCH, III


35 A.D.3d 188 (2006)

827 N.Y.S.2d 110

THOMAS STANLEY, JR., Appellant, v. JACK R. PUNCH, III, et al., Defendants, and ASSOCIATES LEASING, INC., et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided December 7, 2006.


The motion court correctly found that New Jersey law controls in this case. In light of the split domicile of the parties and the situs of the accident in a third state, the situs state's law controls. "[D]isplacing that normally applicable rule will [not] advance the relevant substantive law purposes without impairing the smooth working of the multi-state system or producing great uncertainty for litigants" (Neumeier v Kuehner, 31 N.Y.2d 121

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