INDIANA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE v. STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TEERE HAUTE DIVISION INDIANA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE, as ) subrogee of Rachel Vencel, ) ) Plaintiff, ) 2:25-cv-00262-JMS-MKK ) VS. ) ) STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER Defendant's Notice of Removal and Answer states that it has been incorrectly named and that it should be named as Black & Decker (U.S.). [Filing No. | at 2; Filing No. 15 at 1.] Because the plaintiff is the master of the complaint, Crosby v. Cooper B-Line, Inc., 725 F.3d 795, 801 (7th Cir. 2013), Defendant cannot unilaterally change who Plaintiff has sued. The parties are also ORDERED to confer regarding the proper name of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., and if appropriate, Plaintiff should file a motion to correct the name of Defendant Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. by August 1, 2025.

Date: 7/1/2025 - Hon. Jane Magnus-Stinson, Judge ‘United States District Court Southern District of Indiana

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