BU231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: North American Free Trade Agreement, Unus The Untouchable, Snowmobile
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Is it fair to apply the laws of new. What laws apply to this breach of contract action: o(cid:374)tario"s, dela(cid:449)are"s, virgi(cid:374)ia"s, you can see how complicated the international market has made legal risk management for businesses around the world. Ontario law to the situation: the general rule in tort actions involving more than one jurisdiction is that the law of the place where the tort occurred, will apply. In the 2002 case of elawar vs federation des clubs de montoneigestes du. Quebec inc. , the plaintiff, an ontario resident was injured in a snowmobile accident in quebec involving quebec residents: he was hospitalized for 17 days in quebec before returning to. In ontario he continued to be treated for his injuries: the plaintiff brought an action in ontario and asked that ontario law be applied to the facts. In the wong vs lee case this would mean the new york state law would apply.
