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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ATMEL CORPORATION,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE

INSURANCE CO.,

Defendant(s).

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No. C 04-4082 SI (BZ)

THIRD DISCOVERY ORDER

 This matter was referred to me by Judge Illston for

resolution of several discovery motions. At the October 6,

2005 telephonic conference, I resolved a number of the

outstanding motions and ordered counsel for the parties to

meet and confer with respect to the remaining disputes. The

parties resolved many of the disputes informally. This order

resolves those which the court understands still require court

intervention. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 

1. Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Defendant to Answer

Interrogatories No. 19 and 20 of Plaintiff’s First Set of

Interrogatories and Request No. 34 of Plaintiff’s Second Set

of Requests for Production of Documents is GRANTED. In a

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faith action, some information about the insurer's claims

handling practices is relevant and discoverable. See Colonial

Life & Acc. Ins. Co. V. Super Ct., 31 Cal. 3d 785, 792.

2. Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Defendant to Produce

Documents Responsive to Document Request No. 33 of Plaintiff's

Second Set of Requests for Production of Documents is GRANTED.

Defendant shall produce documents consistent with the parties'

resolution of Interrogatory 16 at their October 10, 2005 meet

and confer conference.

3. Defendant's Motion to Compel Production of Documents

Responsive to Its Second Set of Requests for Production,

specifically, documents relating to the underlying Venstar and

Pacific Digital litigation is GRANTED, but limited to

documents that pre-date the plaintiff's application for the

insurance policy at issue. 

4. All discovery shall be provided by November 1, 2005. 

Any discovery which the producing party deems confidential

(See Foltz v. State Farm, 331 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2003)),

shall be produced initially to opposing counsel only, subject

to an appropriate protective order.

Dated: October 18, 2005

Bernard Zimmerman

United States Magistrate Judge

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