Sempra Energy v. Associated Electric and Gas Insurance Services Limited
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 SEMPRA ENERGY; and Case № 2:19-cv-03340-ODW (JPRx)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS
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COMPANY,
13 ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ Plaintiffs, MOTION TO STAY [73] 14
15 v. 16
ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC & GAS
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INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED
18 et al.,
19 Defendants. 20 21 AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS
AND CROSS ACTIONS.
22 23 I. INTRODUCTION 24 Before the Court is a motion to stay part (“Motion”) of this breach of insurance 25 contract case filed by Plaintiffs, Sempra Energy (“Sempra”) and Southern California 26 Gas Company (“SoCal Gas”) (collectively “Plaintiffs”). (Mot. to Stay In Part 27 28 1 (“Mot.”), ECF No. 73.) For the following reasons, the Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ 2 motion.1 3 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 4 Plaintiffs Sempra and SoCal Gas face litigation against over 36,000 plaintiffs 5 (“Underlying Action”) for bodily injury and property damages arising from natural 6 gas leaks at the Aliso Canyon storage facility discovered on October 23, 2015, and 7 other leaks dating back to 1972. …