Allendale Mutual Insurance v. Excess Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

This law suit, brought under diversity jurisdiction, rises from the ashes of a fire that destroyed a warehouse in Seclin, France during the summer of 1991. Plaintiff Allendale Mutual Insurance Company (“Allendale”) seeks to recover $7,000,000 in unpaid reinsurance, $5,000,000 in “loss adjustment expenses” and interest, and an unspecified amount for legal fees and expenses incurred in the defense of a prior action for declaratory relief brought by defendants against Allendale in England. Defendants, all British reinsurers, now move for partial…