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Parties Involved:
Bombardier Transportation (Holdings) USA, Inc.
Counter-claimant
City and County of San Francisco
Counter-defendant
Factory Mutual Insurance Company
Cross-claimant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO,

Plaintiff, No. C 04-5307 PJH

v. ORDER RE MOTION TO SEVER AND

CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY

FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE JUDGMENT

COMPANY,

Defendant. _______________________________

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS

_______________________________/

The motion of defendant and counterclaimant Bombardier Transportation (Holdings)

USA, Inc. (“Bombardier”), to sever the claims asserted against it, and its counterclaims,

and the cross-motions for summary judgment of plaintiff City and County of San Francisco

(“CCSF”) and defendant Factory Mutual Insurance Company (“FMIC”) came on for hearing

before this court on March 15, 2006. Bombardier appeared by its counsel Gayle M.

Athanacio and Otto F. Becker, CCSF appeared by its counsel Timothy A. Colvig and Kris

A. Cox, and FMIC appeared by its counsel Joyce C. Wang. 

For the reasons stated at the hearing, Bombardier’s motion to sever is DENIED, and

the cross-motions for summary judgment are DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to refiling

after the parties have completed a period of discovery.

The parties shall have until June 14, 2006 to engage in limited discovery on the two

issues raised in CCSF’s and FMIC’s cross-motions for summary judgment, and on the

questions raised in the sixth cause of action in the second amended complaint, as

discussed at the hearing. 

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United States District Court

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The parties shall file motions for summary judgment no later than July 19, 2006,

noticed for hearing on August 23, 2006, in accordance with the Civil Local Rules. The

motions shall be limited to the two issues raised in the previously-filed cross-motions, and

to the issue of the extent to which Bombardier’s recovery, if any, against CCSF should be

limited to the amount of any recovery awarded to CCSF under the FMIC policy. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 17, 2006 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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