Houston Casualty Company v. Elks Construction, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HOUSTON CASUALTY COMPANY, Case No. 23-cv-03645-MMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT

v. SALTALK, INC.'S MOTION TO STAY

ELKS CONSTRUCTION, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 18 Defendants.

12 Before the Court is Defendant Saltalk, Inc.’s (“Saltalk”) “Motion to Stay,” filed September 7, 2023. On September 21, 2023, plaintiff Houston Casualty Company (“Houston”) filed opposition, to which Saltalk, on September 28, 2023, replied. Having read and considered the papers filed in support of an in opposition to the motion, the Court rules as follows.1 BACKGROUND On January 28, 2020, Saltalk, a Delaware corporation, and Elk’s Construction, Inc. (“ECI”), a California corporation, entered a contract under which ECI was to renovate business space leased by Saltalk. (Compl. ¶¶ 4–6.) Work on the project began in February 2020 (see Def.’s Request for Judicial Notice, Dkt. No. 18-3, Ex. 1 (“Underlying 23 …