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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement (Insurance)

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ORDER, page 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF

WAUSAU,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO.,

Defendant. __________________________________

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Case No.: C- 06-3002 PVT

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

PROTECTIVE ORDER TO QUASH

SUBPOENA 

This lawsuit involves the question of whether policies issued by Plaintiff Employers

Insurance of Wausau (“Wausau”) to Defendant California Water Service Co. (“Cal. Water”)

provide coverage for water contamination alleged in two underlying lawsuits that were filed in

the Eastern District of California.1

 On September 7, 2007, Cal Water filed a Motion for

Protective Order Quashing Wausau’s Subpoena to KPMG and Motion to Shorten Time for the

Motion for Protective Order. Among other reasons, Cal Water argues that the subpoena was

invalid because it issued from the Northern District of California and was served upon KPMG in

the Los Angeles, in the Central District of California. On September 10, 2007, the Court granted

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ORDER, page 2

the Motion to shorten time and required Wausau, no later than September 17, 2007, to either file

an opposition addressing why the subpoena is valid or a statement of non-opposition to the

Motion for a Protective Order. On September 14, 2007, Cal. Water filed a notice removing the

Motion for Protective Order from the Court’s calendar based on Wausau’s representation that it

would not seek to enforce the subpoena. Because Wausau did not file an opposition to the

Motion for a Protective Order and because the subpoena appears to be invalid, 

It Is Hereby Ordered that the Motion for a Protective Order is GRANTED and the

Subpoena is QUASHED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 21, 2007

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PATRICIA V. TRUMBULL

United States Magistrate Judge

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