Recently, the US District Court for the District of New Jersey granted defendant American National Insurance’s motion to compel discovery responses, extend discovery, and for a protective order. The dispute arose out of a reinsurance contract where, according to plaintiff Munich Re, defendant agreed to reinsure certain liabilities arising as a result of Munich Re’s participation in a Workers Comps Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement. Granting American National’s motion, the Court ordered that Munich Re produce a 30(b)(6) designee for deposition regarding relating to whether plaintiff will pay certain claims (and thus whether defendant will be liable) and provide substantive responses to interrogatories, rather than merely citing to all documents produced. The Court also extended the discovery period and granted American National’s motion for protective order pending an in camera review of the purported privileged documents. Munich Reinsurance Am., Inc. v. American Nat. Ins. Co., Case No. 09-6435 (D. N.J. Apr. 18, 2011).
This post written by John Black.