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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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

FIREMAN’S FUND INSURANCE 

COMPANY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-02592-SI 

ORDER ON SUPPLEMENTAL 

BRIEFING

Re: Dkt. No. 74

Presently before the Court is Fireman’s motion for summary judgment. The motion, now 

set for hearing on July 8, 2016, was filed and briefing was completed prior to the June 30, 2016 

non-expert discovery cutoff. Dkt. No. 74. Hartford opposes the motion both on substantive 

grounds, and because it has yet to depose four witnesses (Donna M. Bacarti, Lynn Hadfield, and 

the Persons Most Knowledgeable from Fireman’s Fund and Burns & Wilcox) who are asserted to 

be “necessary and critical to [its] prosecution of its case[.]” Dkt. No. 79 at 23.1 Fireman’s asserts 

in reply that (1) Hartford has not indicated why such evidence was not discovered or obtained 

earlier in the proceeding, and (2) Hartford has not demonstrated that these witnesses will proffer 

additional evidence as to a material fact. Dkt. No. 86 at 18.

Since non-expert discovery has not closed, Hartford is entitled to take the four identified 

depositions, and should do so forthwith, if it has not already. Under these circumstances, the 

Court GRANTS Hartford leave to file a supplementary brief of no more than 15 pages, no later 

than July 1, 2016, with any relevant material it has gathered from the four depositions. If Hartford 

does so, Fireman's may file an opposition not to exceed 15 pages no later than July 5, 2016. 

 

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The Court will consider these submissions on the Court’s July 8, 2016 calendar along with 

the two pending motions for summary judgment filed by Fireman’s and Burns & Wilcox.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 13, 2016

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SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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