Brown v. Grimm

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GRADY, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a resident of Illinois, brought this diversity action seeking damages sustained in an auto accident with the defendant, a resident of Indiana. The accident took place in Indiana. Defendant has moved to quash service of process and dismiss the action on the ground that he has done nothing which would give this court jurisdiction under the Illinois Long-Arm Statute, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 110, § 17. In response to this motion of defendant, plaintiff has moved to transfer the case to the District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Plaintiff…