Grinnell Corp. v. ITT Corp.

*76 OPINION AND ORDER

LYNCH, District Judge.

In this prolonged litigation, plaintiff Tyco International, Inc. (“Tyco”), the corporate parent of plaintiff Grinnell Corporation, seeks indemnification pursuant to the asset purchase agreement governing its acquisition of Grinnell from Grinnell’s former parent, defendant ITT Corporation (“ITT”), for expenses arising from numerous asbestos personal-injury lawsuits filed against Grinnell. In the present discovery dispute Tyco seeks to compel ITT and its insurer, Pacific Employers Insurance Company (“PEIC”) to produce 27 documents withheld on grounds of…