COURT HOLDS REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS FILED WITH ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITIES FOR TEN YEARS OVERBROAD
Excess Insurance Company reinsured H. S. Weavers on more than 500 reinsurance contracts, and entered into a commutation agreement with Weavers. Rochdale Insurance Company partially reinsured one of the reinsurance agreements. Excess sued Rochdale, and sought production of every document filed by Rochdale with regulatory authorities over a ten year period of time. On a motion to compel, the court held that the request was overbroad. Excess did not state a rationale for the breadth of the request. Counsel had failed to meet and confer on the discovery dispute as required by a local rule, prompting a rebuke from the court. Excess Insurance Co. v. Rochdale Insurance Co., Case No. 05-10174 (USDC S.D. N.Y. October 4, 2007). Background on this dispute may be found in a Memorandum of Law filed in opposition to the motion to compel.
