Employers Ins. of Wausau v. First State Ins. Group

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON EMERGENCY MOTIONS TO ENFORCE THE COURT’S PRIOR RULING AND TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS

STEARNS, District Judge.

This dispute arises over respondent First State Insurance Group’s (First State) relentless insistence that its multi-contract dispute with petitioner Employers Insurance of Wausau (Wausau), should be consolidated for arbitration before a single panel of the American Arbitration Associa tion (AAA). The essential background is as follows. On October 16, 2002, First State brought an action in the federal district court against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. (Nationwide),…