Legal Opinion
R & D Transport, Inc. v. A.H.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 28, 2006No. 64S05-0601-CV-23PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
Our Trial Rule 75(A) gives preference to certain counties as the place for a lawsuit to proceed. In this case, the trial court and the Court of Appeals held that because some personal property (orthotic devices and clothing) belonging to a victim of a motor vehicle accident had been damaged, the victim's home county (the place where the personal property was regularly kept) enjoyed this preferential status. This was an incorrect interpretation of the trial rule and we accordingly reverse the decision of the trial court and the Court of Appeals.
Background
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