Darrel L. Hunt v. Employee Benefits Insurance Company, a California Corporation Successor to Ebi Insurance Company, an Oregon Corporation

951 F.2d 360 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Darrel L. HUNT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS INSURANCE COMPANY, a California Corporation Successor to EBI Insurance Company, an Oregon corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-35088. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 2, 1991. * Decided Dec. 11, 1991. Before EUGENE A. WRIGHT, DAVID R. THOMPSON, T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Darrel Hunt appeals the district court's holding that Oregon law applies to his claim for wrongful termination of workers' compensation benefits. Hunt alleges that the Employee Benefits Insurance Company (EBI) violated Montana law when it temporarily denied him benefits. The district court applied the most significant relationship test under the Restatement (second) of Conflicts of Law section 145, and determined that Oregon law applied to Hunt's claim. We agree. 3 We review de novo a district court's decision concerning the choice of…