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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Genesis Insurance Company,

Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant,

 v.

Magma Design Automation, Inc., 

Defendant/Counterclaimant, ____________________________________

Magma Design Automation, Inc.,

Counterclaimant/Third-Party 

Plaintiff,

 v.

National Union Fire Insurance Company of

Pittsburgh, PA and Executive Risk

Indemnity, Inc.,

Third-Party Defendants, ____________________________________

Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc.,

Counterclaimant,

 v.

Magma Design Automation, Inc.,

Counterclaim Defendant. /

NO. C 06-05526 JW 

ORDER LIFTING STAY; SETTING

BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT MOTION

Case 5:06-cv-05526-EJD Document 57 Filed 05/04/07 Page 1 of 3
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For the Northern District of California

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On February 20, 2007, the Court stayed this action and set the following procedure for lifting

the stay: any party could seek leave to file an early motion for summary judgment by (1) lodging

copies of its proposed motion with the Court and the other parties and (2) requesting the Court for a

case management conference to discuss whether the Court should lift the stay and hear its motion. 

Genesis complied with this procedure. The Court conducted a case management conference on

April 9, 2007, concerning Genesis’ proposed motion for summary judgment. Based on the letters

submitted by the parties to the Court and the parties’ oral arguments at the hearing, the Court now

lifts the stay and orders the parties to brief the following issues:

1. Whether, under California duty-to-defend law, an insurer is held to be on “inquiry

notice” or “constructive notice” of the information it might have learned if it

conducted a “reasonable investigation” of its insured, once the insured provided it

with a notice of circumstances.

2. What the relevance is, if any, of the “related claims” provision of the ERII policy,

Section 13(g), for determining the date on which each of Magma’s claims should be

deemed “first made.”

Any party that wishes to take a position on these issues shall file a brief with the Court by June 18,

2007. Any party wishing to file a reply brief shall do so by July 9, 2007. The Court will conduct a

hearing on July 23, 2007 at 9 AM. 

Dated: May 4, 2007 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Glenn A. Friedman friedman@lbbslaw.com

Jeremy Scott Simon jsimon@tljlaw.com

John D. Green jgreen@fbm.com

Katina Ancar kancar@fbm.com

Kim Suzanne Orbeck courtir@rdblaw.com

Lewis Kleiman Loss lloss@tljlaw.com

Paul Andre Desrochers desrochers@lbbslaw.com

Robert J. Stumpf rstumpf@smrh.com

Robert J. Stumpf rstumpf@smrh.com

Terrence R. McInnis courtir@rdblaw.com

Dated: May 4, 2007 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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