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Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1994

Terwilliger v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Terwilliger v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 28, 1994 · Levy, Nesbitt, Schwartz
642 So. 2d 1164; 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 9307; 1994 WL 523499 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Terwilliger v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Collins was exposed to asbestos in Massachusetts, but moved to Florida long before the onset of his resulting illness and died a citizen of this state.1 We hold that the law of Florida, rather than Massachusetts, was properly applied below to determine the measure of damages for his wrongful death. See Bishop v. Florida Specialty Paint Co., 389 So.2d 999 (Fla. 1980); Proprietors Ins. Co. v. Valsecchi, 435 So.2d 290 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), pet. for review denied, 449 So.2d 265 (Fla. 1984); Harris v. Berkowitz, 433 So.2d 613 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983).

Affirmed.

. Collins died after recovering a personal injury verdict and judgment but before they were reversed. See Owens-Coming Fiberglas v. Terwilli-ger, 599 So.2d 130 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992), review denied, 613 So.2d 9 (Fla. 1992).

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