American Family Insurance Co. v. Ford Motor Co.

Because our opinion reaches the only result our Trial Rules permit, I concur. Nevertheless, I write separately to note my concerns about the possible implications of this result and to suggest modification of Trial Rule 75(A)(10).

Subsection (A)(10) of Trial Rule 75 determines preferred venue because the defendant, Ford, is a “nonresident organization without a principal office in the state.” Under that subsection, preferred venue is in “the county where ... the principal office of any plaintiff organization ... is located, or the office of any such plaintiff organization ... to which the…