Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague
United States Supreme Court
449 U.S. 302 (1981)
Relevant factsFree
Hague died in a Wisconsin motorcycle accident, but had commuted to a Minnesota job for 15 years; his widow later moved to Minnesota and, as personal representative of his estate (plaintiff), sued Allstate (defendant) in Minnesota court seeking to "stack" his uninsured-motorist coverage across three vehicles under Minnesota law (unavailable under Wisconsin law), and the Minnesota courts applied Minnesota law and allowed stacking.
IssueFree
Whether a forum state may apply its own law without violating the Due Process or Full Faith and Credit Clause when it has, in aggregate, significant contacts with the litigants and underlying events.