Babcock v. Jackson
A husband and wife from New York went on a car trip with a friend Babcock to Ontario.Babcock sued Jackson, the driver, claiming his negligence caused the car crash.The court rejected a traditional fixed method of determining which law should apply, and instead, a process of weighing factors such as relationship between the party, decision to take the trip, connections to the locality.Thus, the Court held that the parties did not have substantial connection with Ontario and so it would be unfair to apply the law as the location was largely fortuitous.This article relating to case law in the United States or its constituent jurisdictions is a stub.