Perspective
Feb. 2, 2017
What happens in Vegas might be resolved by a California court
A tour bus is manufactured in Indiana, and delivered to a buyer in Las Vegas. While driving from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon, the bus rolls over, killing or injuring passengers. The injured and dead are all Chinese nationals. Whose law applies? By Don Willenburg
Don Willenburg
Partner
Gordon & Rees LLP
appellate law, litigation, special master
1111 Broadway Ste 1700
Oakland , CA 94607
Phone: (510) 463-8600
Email: dwillenburg@grsm.com
Stanford Univ Law School
Don is chair of the firm's Appellate Practice Group in Oakland, and an attorney member of the Information Technology Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council. The views expressed are his own.
A tour bus is manufactured in Indiana, and delivered to a buyer in Las Vegas. While driving from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon, the bus rolls over, killing or injuring passengers who did not have seatbelts (the driver and a guide has seatbelts and survived). The injured and dead are all Chinese nationals. Whose law applies?
California's, of course.
That's the ruling in Chen v. L.A. Truck Centers, 2017 DJDAR 4...
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