Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. v. Global Aerospace, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC., Case No. 2:17-cv-01515-KJM-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER GLOBAL AEROSPACE, INC., et al., Defendants. 15 On April 1, 2019, the assigned magistrate judge denied defendants and counterclaimant’s1 (“Global” or “Global defendants”) motion to take additional depositions. Order, ECF No. 199; ECF No. 182 (motion). On April 15, 2019, Global moved for reconsideration of the magistrate judge’s rulings. Mot., ECF No. 202. I. BACKGROUND As explained in numerous other orders, this liability insurance coverage case follows two 2014 incidents in which engines intended for use in space launches, supplied by Aerojet to non-party Orbital, failed; the failures ultimately led to a $50 million settlement between Aerojet and Orbital for which Aerojet sought coverage from its insurers, Global, and Global denied coverage. See Jt. St., ECF No. 194, at 13−192 (parties’ respective statements of…