Sodexo Management, Inc. v. Old Republic Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SODEXO MANAGEMENT, INC., Case No.: 20-cv-1517-WQH-BGS
Plaintiff,
ORDER
v. OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY; and DOES 1-100, inclusive, 15 Defendants.
OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE
COMPANY,
19 Counter Claimant, 20 v.
SODEXO MANAGEMENT, INC.,
22 Counter Defendant. 23 HAYES, Judge: 24 The matter before the Court is the Motion for Leave to File Third-Party Complaint 25 filed by Defendant Old Republic Insurance Company. (ECF No. 47). 26 /// 27 /// 28 I. BACKGROUND On July 2, 2020, Plaintiff Sodexo Management, Inc. (“Sodexo”) filed a Complaint against Defendants Old Republic Insurance Company (“Old Republic”) and Does 1 through 100 in the San Diego Superior Court. (ECF No. 1-2). Sodexo alleges that pursuant to a contract with Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation (“Cargill”), Sodexo is an additional insured on an insurance policy issued to Cargill by Old Republic. Sodexo alleges that the insurance policy requires Old Republic to defend and indemnify Sodexo in ten…