Webcor-Obayashi Joint Venture v. Zurich American Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WEBCORE-OBAYASHI JOINT Case No. 19-cv-07799-SI
VENTURE,
8 Plaintiff, ORDER OVERRULING ZURICH’S OBJECTION AND ADOPTING v. SPECIAL MASTER’S ORDER NO. 2 10 ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE Re: Dkt. Nos. 104, 105, 106, 137 COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants.
13 In an order filed December 2, 2021, the Special Master found that one of Zurich’s documents was not protected by the attorney-client privilege and he ordered Zurich to produce an unredacted copy of the document to Webcore-Obayashi. Dkt. No. 104. Zurich objects to the order, contending that the Special Master made “clear errors in at least three material factual findings,” and that the Special Master relied on those errors to conclude that the document was not privileged. Dkt. No. 106. The Court reviews the Special Master’s findings of fact for clear error. See Order Appointing Martin Quinn As Special Master To Oversee Discovery And Referring…