Seligson v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.

This is a motion by the defendant and third-party plaintiff Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York (Fidelity) for an order pursuant to CPLR 2307 (subd. [a]) directing the Attorney-General to produce certain transcripts for discovery and inspection.

This action was commenced by the trustee in bankruptcy of Ira Haupt & Co. (Haupt), a major creditor of Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp. (Allied), to recover losses sustained by Haupt under three blank bonds issued by Fidelity to Haupt.

Fidelity alleges that the transcripts of the testimony of the general partners and other employees of…