Daniel O'Bryant, d/b/a O'Bryant Transport, LLC v. Alan P. Adams, Luan Adams, d/b/a A.L.A. Trucking, Inc.

Slaughter, Justice.

We hold that a valid forum-selection clause, in which the parties agree by contract to litigate their disputes in a specific forum, does not deprive a trial court of personal jurisdiction over parties that would otherwise be subject to the court's jurisdiction. Thus, the trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's claims against the Indiana-resident defendants under Trial Rule 12(B)(2). But we nevertheless affirm the court's without-prejudice dismissal on this record for two reasons. First, the disputed forum-selection clause is mandatory and unambiguous in requiring…