Allendate Mutual Insurance v. Bull Data Sys., Inc.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

BOBRICK, United States Magistrate Judge.

Before the court is the motion of defendants Bull Data Systems, Inc., Zenith Data Systems, S.A., and Zenith Data Systems Europe, S.A. (collectively, “ZDS Defendants”), for an order compelling plaintiffs Allendale Mutual Insurance Company (“Allendale”) and Factory Mutual International (“FMI”) to produce certain documents in discovery.

It being apparent that the instant matter represents yet another example in an increasing array of satellite litigation over the discoverability of large volumes of documents compiled by an insurer during its…