FRANKENMUTH INSURANCE COMPANY v. MICHIANA GLOBAL MOLD

District Court, S.D. Indiana

FRANKENMUTH INSURANCE COMPANY v. MICHIANA GLOBAL MOLD

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION FRANKENMUTH INSURANCE COMPANY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) No. 1:25-cv-01327-JMS-MG ) MICHIANA GLOBAL MOLD and DANA LIGHT ) AXLE MFG., LLC, ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER On July 2, 2025, Plaintiff filed its Complaint in this case. [Filing No. 1.] Also on July 2, 2025, Plaintiff filed the pending Motion to Change Venue to Correct District, asserting that it mistakenly filed the case in the Southern District of Indiana and should have filed the case in the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. [Filing No. 4.] Under

28 U.S.C. § 1404

(a), "[f]or the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought . . . ." "[T]he overarching consideration under § 1404(a) is whether a transfer would promote 'the interest of justice.'" Atlantic Marine Constr. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for W. Dist. of Tex.,

571 U.S. 49, 63

(2013). This case should have been brought in the Northen District of Indiana, South Bend Division, [Filing No. 1 at 2], see

28 U.S.C. § 1391

, and Defendants have not yet been served. For these reasons, and in consideration of the convenience of the parties and witnesses as well as the interest of justice, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff's Motion to Change Venue to Correct District. [Filing No. 3.] The CLERK is DIRECTED to TRANSFER this case to the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. Counsel is cautioned to pay attention to detail in the Date: 7/3/2025 - Hon. Jane Maghus-Stinson, Judge ‘United States District Court Southern District of Indiana

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