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U-HAUL CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA v. UTICA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 11-510-RGA. (2012)

Court: District Court, D. Delaware Number: infdco20120328e87 Visitors: 12
Filed: Mar. 28, 2012
Latest Update: Mar. 28, 2012
Summary: MEMORANDUM ORDER RICHARD ANDREWS, District Judge. The Court having considered PlaintiffU-Haul Co. of Pennsylvania's Motion for Protective Order Regarding Deposition of Troy B. Froderman, Esq. (D.I. 52), Defendants' Motion to Compel Return of Documents Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5)(B) and Fed. R. Evid. 502(B) (D.I. 59), and Defendants' Motion to Compel Discovery Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(3)(B) (D.I. 73), as well as the papers filed in connection therewith; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED,
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MEMORANDUM ORDER

RICHARD ANDREWS, District Judge.

The Court having considered PlaintiffU-Haul Co. of Pennsylvania's Motion for Protective Order Regarding Deposition of Troy B. Froderman, Esq. (D.I. 52), Defendants' Motion to Compel Return of Documents Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5)(B) and Fed. R. Evid. 502(B) (D.I. 59), and Defendants' Motion to Compel Discovery Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(3)(B) (D.I. 73), as well as the papers filed in connection therewith;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, for the reasons discussed below, that:

1. PlaintiffU-Haul Co. of Pennsylvania's Motion for Protective Order Regarding Deposition of Troy B. Froderman, Esq. is GRANTED. Defendants seek to depose Mr. Froderman to elicit testimony concerning the underlying litigation and related mediation. Because Mr. Froderman has represented that he was not retained to represent Plaintiff or Mak's Corporation d/b/a Kirkwood Shell ("Kirkwood") during the underlying litigation or the related mediation, Mr. Froderman's deposition is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

2. Defendants' Motion to Compel Return of Documents Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5)(B) and Fed. R. Evid. 502(B) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. The motion is granted in part as to the portion of the claims note that Plaintiff concedes is privileged. See proposed redactions at D.I. 72 at 2. The motion is denied in part as to the portion of the claims note quoted by Defendants in their Reply in Support of Defendants' Motion to Compel Return of Documents. Defendants failed to file their Reply under seal and, therefore, have waived any claim of attorney-client privilege over that portion of the claims note quoted in the Reply.

3. Plaintiff similarly failed to file its Response to Defendants' Motion to Compel Return of Documents Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5)(B) and Fed. R. Evid. 502(B) under seal even though that Response contains otherwise privileged information belonging to Defendants. The Court, therefore, will place the Response under seal. Plaintiff is hereby directed to file a redacted version of its Response within 7 days in accordance with section G of the Administrative Procedures Governing Filing and Service by Electronic Means.

4. Defendants' Motion to Compel Discovery Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(3)(B) is GRANTED. Maintenance records for the U-Haul trailer at issue in the underlying litigation from 2008 to the present are relevant to the extent that they will assist Defendants' expert in determining the scope of the physical examination of the trailer.

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