Kumar
Kumar v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NALINI KUMAR, et al., Case No. 22-cv-03852-TLT (LJC)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY
v. DISPUTE
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE Re: Dkt. No.
COMPANY,
11 Defendant.
12 Pending before the Court is the parties’ Joint Discovery Letter. Dkt. 28. The parties dispute the sufficiency of Defendant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company’s (Nationwide) privilege log, as well as the bases on which Nationwide is withholding certain documents and communications relevant to the underlying action. Plaintiffs contend that Nationwide improperly asserts the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine for communications with Julian Pardini, counsel retained by Nationwide in the course of processing Plaintiffs’ insurance claim. According to Plaintiffs, “[t]he law is clear that an insurer cannot shield its claims process simply by assigning an attorney to do the work of a claims adjuster.” Id. (quoting Renovate America, Inc. v. Lloyd's…