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.
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