Indiana Supreme Court
Cynthia Morrison v. Ricardo…
June 27, 2019124 N.E.3d 1217
Summary
The court held that preferred venue under Trial Rule 75(A)(4) is determined by a domestic or foreign corporation's actual principal executive office, not the location of its registered agent. It concluded that recently enacted business-organization statutes apply to venue determinations, do not conflict with the trial rules, and may be applied to the pending venue dispute because they are procedural. The court affirmed the transfer order in Morrison, reversed the contrary order in Noel, and remanded both cases for further proceedings. Justice Slaughter, dissenting, would have continued applying the longstanding registered-agent rule until the trial rules were formally amended.