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 RE: JOINT DISCOVERY
v. LETTER BRIEF
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE Re: ECF No.
COMPANY,
11 Defendant.
12 This case involves Plaintiffs Nalini Kumar and Allen Singh’s (Kumars) allegations of bad faith on the part of Defendant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide). ECF No. 1 (Compl.) ¶¶ 88-93. The present discovery dispute concerns Nationwide’s responses to the Kumars’ requests for admissions (RFAs). ECF No. 62 at 1. Relatedly, the Kumars are seeking to depose Julian Pardini, a lawyer retained by Nationwide to work on their insurance claim since October 2020. Id. at 3. The deposition is currently scheduled for August 10, 2023. Id. In advance of the deposition, the Kumars served two RFAs to clarify whether Nationwide intends to defend against the insurance bad faith claim by relying on advice of counsel. “The defense of advice of counsel generally…