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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., No. 17-cv-01515-KJM-AC Plaintiff, ORDER v. Global Aerospace, Inc., et al., Id Defendants. 16 Defendant-insurer Global Aerospace, Inc. moves this court to reconsider the magistrate 18 judge’s order on its Motion for a Protective Order and plaintiff Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.’s related Motion to Compel. Having considered the parties’ submissions, relevant legal authority, and the 20 record in this case, the court denies Global’s motion in full. I. BACKGROUND In this insurance coverage and bad faith lawsuit, Aerojet has been attempting to obtain 23 discovery about non-party Condon & Forsyth’s pre-denial claim investigation for almost five 24 years. See Smith Decl. § 10, ECF No. 306. Global has responded to Aerojet’s discovery requests 25 by asserting privilege and work-product protection. See, e.g., 2018 Mot. Protective Order at 15— 16, ECF Nos. 130 &…