American President Lines v. Hartford Fire Insurance

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BRODERICK, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the application of Kawasaki Kisen KK, third-party defendant in Civil Action No. 70-919, for production of documents pursuant to Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The documents sought were ordered produced for the benefit of defendant Hartford Fire Insurance Company by the Court on July 22, 1971, when plaintiff filed no answer or objection to said defendant’s motion.

Third-party defendant argues in essence that documents made available to one party to a suit must be made available to all parties. In…