Big Basin Vineyards LLC v. RSC Insurance Brokerage, Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 BIG BASIN VINEYARDS LLC, Case No. 23-cv-04860-BLF (VKD)

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE JANUARY 17, 2024

10 v. DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE

PRODUCTION OF SETTLEMENT

11 RSC INSURANCE BROKERAGE, INC., DOCUMENTS 12 Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 17

13 14 The parties ask the Court to resolve a dispute concerning defendant’s requests for 15 production of documents relating to plaintiff’s settlement of certain breach of contract and 16 insurance bad faith claims against Allied World Assurance Company (U.S.), Inc. (“AWAC”). 17 Dkt. No. 17. The Court finds this matter suitable for resolution without oral argument. See Civil 18 L.R. 7-1(b). 19 Having considered the parties’ joint discovery dispute submission and the applicable law, 20 the Court agrees with defendant that the existence of a contractual confidentiality obligation in the 21 settlement agreement between plaintiff and AWAC is no bar to the production of the documents 22 …