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 Joint Motion to Stay Action, filed by both parties. 25 (ECF No. 75). 26 // 27 // 28 I. BACKGROUND In this action, Plaintiff Sodexo Management, Inc. (“Sodexo”) filed a Complaint against Defendant Old Republic Insurance Company (“Old Republic”). (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 eight actions against Sodexo filed “in connection with an illness allegedly caused by the ingestion of…