Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. v. Foster Poultry Farms

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA § BEAZLEY INSURANCE COMPANY, § INC., § § Plaintiff, § CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:21-cv-01806- v. § LHR-SKO § FOSTER POULTRY FARMS, and § FOSTER FARMS LLC, § § Defendants. § MEMORANDUM AND OPINION This is a dispute about whether Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., is obligated to pay defense costs arising from class action litigation alleging that Foster Poultry Farms and Foster Farms LLC (together, “Foster Farms”) and other major chicken producers illegally fixed the price of broiler chickens.1 Beazley argues that it has no…