Kaufman & Broad Monterey Bay et al v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America
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INTERIM ORDER re 84 , 166 , 167 Plaintiffs' Letter Brief and Discovery Dispute Joint Reports Nos. 3 and 4. Defendant to submit documents for in camera review by 1/7/2013. Signed by Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd on 12/28/2012. (hrllc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/28/2012)
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*E-FILED: December 28, 2012*
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NOT FOR CITATION
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN JOSE DIVISION
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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KAUFMAN & BROAD MONTEREY BAY, a
California corporation; KB HOME SOUTH
BAY, INC., a California corporation,
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Plaintiffs,
v.
No. C10-02856 EJD (HRL)
INTERIM ORDER RE PLAINTIFFS’
LETTER BRIEF AND DISCOVERY
DISPUTE JOINT REPORTS NOS. 3 AND
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TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY
COMPANY OF AMERICA,
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Defendant.
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TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY
COMPANY OF AMERICA,
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Counterclaimant,
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v.
KAUFMAN & BROAD MONTEREY BAY, a
California corporation; KB HOME SOUTH
BAY, INC., a California corporation,
Counterdefendants.
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On plaintiffs’ prior motions to compel, this court ordered defendant Travelers Property
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Casualty Company of America (Travelers) to provide deposition testimony, produce documents,
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and answer interrogatories. (Docket No. 70, June 2, 2011 Order). Travelers resisted discovery
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on the grounds that the information sought was, among other things, irrelevant, private, and
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protected by the attorney-client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine. For the most
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part, this court rejected Travelers’ objections, but defendant was given an opportunity to serve
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an amended privilege log. (Id.).
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Travelers has since produced additional documents, as well as a revised privilege log.
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The parties continue to disagree about the propriety of Travelers’ privilege and work product
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assertions. This court is told that the specific documents in dispute have been described by
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Travelers as follows:
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Date
Author
Bates Number
05-05-10
Deborah Taylor
TRPD-000968TRPD-000970
[partially redacted]
Liability Property
Damage Worksheet
11-25-09
Deborah Taylor
TRPD-000971TRPD-000973
[partially redacted]
Liability Property
Damage Worksheet
04-25-11
Deborah Taylor
TRPD-001065TRPD-001068
[partially redacted]
Liability Property
Damage Worksheet
12-02-10
Deborah Taylor
TRPD-001069TRPD-001071
[partially redacted]
Liability Property
Damage Worksheet
04-03-09
Travelers
TRPD-001072TRPD-001117
Claim Notes
Summary/Claim
Notes
06-15-11
Deborah Taylor
None
Claim Notes
Summary/Claim
Notes
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
Description
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No later than January 7, 2013, Travelers shall lodge with the undersigned’s chambers
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(1) a copy of its coverage position letter issued to Norcraft Companies, Inc.; and (2) unredacted
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copies of the above-listed documents for an in camera review. For those documents that have
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been produced to plaintiffs in redacted form, Travelers shall clearly indicate (e.g., by
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highlighting) precisely what information has been redacted.
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SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 28, 2012
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HOWARD R. LLOYD
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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5:10-cv-02856-EJD Notice has been electronically mailed to:
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A. Eric Aguilera eaguilera@aguileragroup.com, krickard@aguileragroup.com,
travelers@aguileragroup.com
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Bonnie Tara Roadarmel
bonnie.roadarmel@ndlf.com
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Caroline Elizabeth Siefert
caroline.siefert@ndlf.com
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Chanmaly Kendie Schlecht
kendie.schlecht@ndlf.com
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James Stephen Hultz
james.hultz@ndlf.com
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Kari Marie Myron kmyron@aguileragroup.com, krickard@aguileragroup.com,
travelers@aguileragroup.com
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Raymond Earl Brown
rbrown@aguilergroup.com
Rondi Jan Walsh
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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Thomas Lether tlether@letherlaw.com, amccroan@letherlaw.com, eneal@letherlaw.com,
kjohansen@letherlaw.com, lhartt@letherlaw.com, shavre@letherlaw.com
rondi.walsh@ndlf.com
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Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not
registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program.
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