Nautilus Insurance Company v. Outdoorsy, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NAUTILUS INSURANCE COMPANY, Case No. 23-cv-01886-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING THE MOTION

TO TRANSFER VENUE

v. Re: Dkt. No. 32 OUTDOORSY, INC., et al., Defendants.

12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Outdoorsy, Inc.’s motion to transfer venue. Dkt. No. 32. The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons detailed below, the Court GRANTS the motion. I. BACKGROUND This insurance action arises from a tragic car accident: Audrey Eginard was injured and Aurelie Vincent died in a single vehicle accident while descending the Mauna Kea Access Road on the Island of Hawaii in March 2017. See Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”) at ¶ 17. Ms. Eginard had rented the 2001 Nissan Xterra from Defendant Shawn Zenor, doing business as Huaka’i Campers, through Defendant Outdoorsy’s rental platform. Id. at ¶¶ 3–4, 15–16. Ms. Vincent was driving the…