CARROLL FULMER LOGISTICS CORP. v. HINES

No. A11A0509.

710 S.E.2d 888 (2011)

CARROLL FULMER LOGISTICS CORPORATION et al. v. HINES et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

May 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Steven Darryl Prelutsky , Jennifer Kelly Brown , W. Scott Henwood, Kawania B. James , Atlanta, for appellants.

Hill & Bleiberg, Gary Hill , Hamilton, Westby, Antonowich & Anderson, Joseph Trotter Brasher , Andrew Garrett Daugherty , Atlanta, for appellees.


ANDREWS, Judge.

At issue is whether the substantive law of Georgia or Florida applies to wrongful death and survival claims brought in Georgia arising out of a tractor-trailer collision that occurred in Florida. Because we find that application of Florida law under the conflict of laws rule lex loci delicti would contravene Georgia public policy, we affirm the trial court's conclusion that Georgia law applies.

Travis Lamar Hardaway was killed when the tractor...

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