chosen state and such state would be the state of the applicable law in the absence of a choice by the parties. Schulke Radio Productions, Ltd. v. Midwestern Broadcasting Co. (1983), 6 Ohio St.3d 436, 6 Ohio B. 480, 453 N.E.2d 683, syllabus; see, also, Jarvis v. Ashland Oil, Inc. (1985), 17 Ohio St.3d 189, 17 Ohio B. 427