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Owens-Corning Fiberglas v. Engler

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 1, 1997
704 So. 2d 594 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

Opinion

Case No. 96-3346

Opinion filed October 1, 1997 Rehearing, Rehearing En Banc and Clarification Denied December 2, 1997

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Arthur J. Franza, Senior Judge; L.T. Case No. 94-07227 (27).

Steven R. Berger of Berger Chafetz, Miami, for appellant.

John F. Venable of Venable and Venable, P.A., Tampa, for appellee.


Affirmed. There was no error in the trial court's refusal to apply Kansas law where appellant failed to plead its reliance upon Kansas law. "Where the law of a foreign forum is claimed to be dispositional, yet no foreign law is pleaded to the trial court, the matter is to be determined by the law of this forum." Aetna Cas. Sur. Co. v. Ciarrochi, 573 So.2d 990, 990 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); accord Mills v. Barker, 664 So.2d 1054, 1058 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); Turner Murphy Co. v. Specialty Constructors, Inc., 659 So.2d 1242, 1244 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995).

GLICKSTEIN, POLEN and GROSS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Owens-Corning Fiberglas v. Engler

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 1, 1997
704 So. 2d 594 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)
Case details for

Owens-Corning Fiberglas v. Engler

Case Details

Full title:OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, APPELLANT, v. MARY A. ENGLER, AS THE…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Oct 1, 1997

Citations

704 So. 2d 594 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)