Universal Cable Productions LLC v. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co.

Proceedings: IN CHAMBERS— COURT ORDER

Before the Court are cross-motions for summary judgment filed by plaintiffs Universal Cable Productions LLC (“UCP”) and Northern Entertainment Productions LLC (“NEP”) (together, “Plaintiffs”) and by defendant Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company (“Atlantic”). (Docket Nos. 57, 61.) Pursuant to Rule 78 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 7-15, the Court finds that these matters are appropriate for decision without oral argument.

I. Background

This is an insurance-coverage dispute brought by Plaintiffs against their insurer, Atlantic. Plaintiffs’ operative First Amended Complaint (Docket No. 10) alleges claims for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The claims are based on Atlantic’s refusal to cover expenses incurred by Plaintiffs when, during the summér of 2014, conditions in Israel caused Plaintiffs to postpone and then relocate the production of their television show.

A. Events in the Summer of 2014

UCP began filming its television show Dig in Israel in June -2014. Plaintiffs’ Statement of Unconverted Facts (“SUF”) 29, Docket No. 63; Atlantic’s SUF 27, Docket No. 57-1. 1 At the…