Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company, et al. v. Navigators Specialty Insurance Company

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CRUM & FORSTER SPECIALTY Case No. 25-cv-09734-JSC INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 9 CONSOLIDATE v. 10 Re: Dkt. No. 9

NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY

11 INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. 12 13 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to consolidate this action with Homesite Insurance 14 Company v. Navigators Specialty Insurance Company, Case No. 3:25-cv-09752-JSC. (Dkt. No. 15 9.) Both suits are before this Court. In both suits, a different plaintiff brings the same four causes 16 of action, against the same defendant, arising from the same construction project. (Compare Dkt. 17 No. 1, with Dkt. No. 1 in Homesite v. Navigators, Case No. 3:25-cv-09752.) Defendant did not 18 file an opposition to the motion, and the plaintiff in the Homesite action filed a statement of non- 19 opposition. (Dkt. No. 16.) 20 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42 governs consolidation of cases. Rule 42(a) provides 21 the Court may consolidate…