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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

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

FOSTER FARMS DAIRY,

Plaintiff,

 v.

 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant. /

No. C-03-02426 MJJ (EDL)

ORDER RE: PRODUCTION OF

DOCUMENTS LODGED IN CAMERA

On March 28, 2006, the Court held a hearing on Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Further

Responses to Discovery and a Witness for Deposition. At issue in that motion was, inter alia,

production of portions of Defendant’s Claims Manual. Defendant lodged the Claims Manual for in

camera review. 

The Court has reviewed the Claims Manual and grants Plaintiff’s motion to compel

production of the Manual as follows. Chapters 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 of the Casualty section of the Manual

shall be produced to Plaintiff. Chapter 6 of that section shall also be produced, with the exception of

the sections entitled, “Mandatory Referrals - Litigation & Employment Law,” and “Litigation &

Employment Law Referral Criteria Comments.” Defendant need not produce the Property section. 

In ordering this production, the Court erred on the side of production of documents that could

possibly lead to admissible evidence regarding the handling of a claim like the one in this case, even

if they were not directly related to that issue. The documents shall be treated as confidential and

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United States District Court

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used solely for this litigation. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 30, 2006 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

United States Magistrate Judge

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