Court Opinion

ID: 9453253
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 18:08:08.547699+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:33:35.026223
License: Public Domain

HAYS, Circuit Judge
(concurring and dissenting):
I agree with Judge Moore that the additional material with respect to the Form 22 bond should be made available to the plaintiffs. However I would not confine the discovery to Form 22 materials. Other materials sought by appellants may well be relevant to “the meaning of the disputed clauses, the intentions of the insurance companies, the knowledge of ambiguities and the subsequent interpretation of trade usage and custom concerning such clauses” as the appellant’s brief puts it. Moreover it does not appear that appellee would be prejudiced in any way by the production of those materials or that their production would be an undue hardship for appellee.