context: For at least two reasons, the court rejects Dreyfus's position. First, as this court has explained, "the public policy exception in the conflicts arena is intended to effectuate the forum state's concern for and interest in protecting its residents."
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 2004 WL 902114, at *3
citation_a.parenthetical: finding that California had a substantial interest in its rule of joint and several liability for economic damages in order to make sure that "resident plaintiffs receive all of the damages to which they are entitled since the economic impact of any shortfall will be felt in California' "
citation_a.sentence: Broadhead v. Hartford Cas. Ins. Co., 773 F.Supp. 882, 904 (S.D.Miss.1991); see also Mitchell, 211 So.2d at 514 (observing that “[t]his state is especially concerned with the protection of its injured domiciliaries and their families, and the distribution of its domiciliaries’ estates,” and that “[t]he comparative negligence statute of this State has been effectively administered for many years and we have an interest in applying it to Mississippi residents”); Gann v. Fruehauf Corp., 52 F.3d 1320, 1325 n. 4 (5th Cir.1995) (stating that “[w]here the specific public policy issue involves a non-resident ..., Mississippi courts have held that its public policy concerns are not implicated”); Perry v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 606 F.Supp. 270, 274 (N.D.Miss.1985) (public policy did not require application of Mississippi stacking laws since the plaintiffs and their decedent were not residents of Mississip pi); cf. Villarreal v. Superior Court of Los Angeles, 2004 WL 902114, at *3 (CaLApp. April 28, 2004) (finding that California had a substantial interest in its rule of joint and several liability for economic damages in order to make sure that “resident plaintiffs receive all of the damages to which they are entitled since the economic impact of any shortfall will be felt in California’ ”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 606 F.Supp. 270, 274
citation_b.parenthetical: public policy did not require application of Mississippi stacking laws since the plaintiffs and their decedent were not residents of Mississip pi
citation_b.sentence: Broadhead v. Hartford Cas. Ins. Co., 773 F.Supp. 882, 904 (S.D.Miss.1991); see also Mitchell, 211 So.2d at 514 (observing that “[t]his state is especially concerned with the protection of its injured domiciliaries and their families, and the distribution of its domiciliaries’ estates,” and that “[t]he comparative negligence statute of this State has been effectively administered for many years and we have an interest in applying it to Mississippi residents”); Gann v. Fruehauf Corp., 52 F.3d 1320, 1325 n. 4 (5th Cir.1995) (stating that “[w]here the specific public policy issue involves a non-resident ..., Mississippi courts have held that its public policy concerns are not implicated”); Perry v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 606 F.Supp. 270, 274 (N.D.Miss.1985) (public policy did not require application of Mississippi stacking laws since the plaintiffs and their decedent were not residents of Mississip pi); cf. Villarreal v. Superior Court of Los Angeles, 2004 WL 902114, at *3 (CaLApp. April 28, 2004) (finding that California had a substantial interest in its rule of joint and several liability for economic damages in order to make sure that “resident plaintiffs receive all of the damages to which they are entitled since the economic impact of any shortfall will be felt in California’ ”).