United States Third Circuit

In a case arising from a motor vehicle accident, the district court should apply the law of New York where the application of Pennsylvania law would impair New York's interest in providing injured plaintiffs with a financialy responsible defendant and imposing a high degree of responsibility on the owners of the vehicles.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/12/2005
• Decided 09/02/2005
• Published 09/02/2005

Judges

• Before ALITO, BECKER, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. McGrath (argued), McKissock & Hoffman, Haddonfield, N.J., for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew D. Bigda (argued), Rosenn, Jenkins and Greenwald, Wilkes-Barre, PA, for Appellees.