Richard P. Watts, Administrator of the Estate of Ronald Arthur Storz, Deceased v. Pioneer Corn Company, Inc., and Harold J. Goodrich

GRUBB, District Judge.

This diversity action for wrongful death was commenced in the Southern District of Indiana by a Kentucky administrator against two Indiana defendants. Plaintiff’s decedent, a resident of Kentucky, was killed in an accident in Illinois in which his car collided with a truck owned by defendant corporation and driven by defendant Goodrich. At the time of his death, the decedent was twenty-one years old, unmarried, and had no dependents. The five potential beneficiaries of this action are all residents of Indiana.

The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds…