Beazer Homes Corp v. National Grange Mutual Insurance Company et al

Filing 260

CONSENT ORDER ON AMERICAN EMPIRE SURPLUS LINE INSURANCE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO PRODUCE UNDERWRITING FILE. Signed by Honorable R Bryan Harwell on 1/17/2013. (hcic, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORENCE DIVISION
BEAZER HOMES CORP.,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
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NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
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COMPANY, NGM INSURANCE COMPANY,
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AMERICAN EMPIRE SURPLUS LINE
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INSURANCE COMPANY, CLARENDON
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AMERICA INSURANCE, USF INSURANCE
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COMPANY, ALEA LONDON, LTD, CERTAIN )
INTERESTED UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S )
LONDON, CINCINNATI INSURANCE
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COMPANY, DISCOVER PROPERTY &
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CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ESSEX )
INSURANCE COMPANY, SCOTTSDALE
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INSURANCE COMPANY, SELECTIVE
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INSURANCE COMPANY OF SOUTH
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SOUTH CAROLINA, UNION INSURANCE
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COMPANY and WESTERN WORLD
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INSURANCE COMPANY
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Defendants.
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C.A. NO.: 4:10-cv-02419-RBH

CONSENT ORDER ON
AMERICAN EMPIRE SURPLUS
LINE INSURANCE COMPANY’S
OBLIGATION TO PRODUCE
UNDERWRITING FILE

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This Court’s Order dated December 13, 2012 (Order) required, among other things, that
American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Company (American Empire) produce certain
underwriting files from 2004-present. Due to a settlement agreement reached in principle
between American Empire and Beazer Homes Corp. (Beazer), Beazer agrees to grant American
Empire an open-ended extension on its obligation to produce said underwriting files, including
the associated privilege log, if any.
Should the settlement between American Empire and Beazer not be finalized for
whatever reason, Beazer will provide American Empire fifteen (15) days written notice to

produce the above-mentioned underwriting files and privilege log, if any, and American Empire
will produce said materials pursuant to the Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/R. Bryan Harwell
R. Bryan Harwell
United States District Judge
Dated: January 17, 2013
Florence, South Carolina
WE CONSENT:

McCULLOUGH KHAN, LLC
s/Clayton B. McCullough
Clayton B. McCullough, Esquire, Fed ID#7120
68 ½ Queen Street
Charleston, SC 29401
843.937.0400
[e-mail]

Kyle P. Seedorf, Esquire
Linda J. Knight, Esquire
Taylor Anderson, LLP
1331 Seventeenth St, Ste 1050
Denver, CO 80202
T: 303.551.6653
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT AMERICAN
EMPIRE SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY

s/L. Franklin Elmore
L. Franklin Elmore, Esquire, Fed ID#718
Elmore Goldsmith, PA
Post Office Box 1887
Greenville, SC 29602
T: 864.255.9500
[e-mail]
Sharon A. Huerta (Cal. State Bar #186998)
Scott A. Davis (Cal. State Bar #254127)
Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, LLP
225 Broadway, Suite 2100
San Diego, CA 92101
T: 619.233.1600
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF