UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
v.
ARCH SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY;
ASPEN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY;
COMMONWEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY;
FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY; LEXINGTON
INSURANCE COMPANY; LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY; CERTAIN
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S OF LONDON and
CERTAIN LONDON MARKET COMPANIES
Subscribing to Policy Nos. 507/N11NA08240,
507/N11NA08241, 507/N11NA08242,
507/N11NA08244, 507/N11NA08244,
507/N11NA08245 and GEP 2944; MAIDEN
SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY; MAXUM
INDEMNITY COMPANY; NAVIGATORS
INSURANCE COMPANY; PARTNER
REINSURANCE EUROPE plc; RSUI INDEMNITY
COMPANY; STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY;
TORUS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY; and
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION,
Defendants.
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No. 14 Civ. 7510 (JSR)
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NOTICE OF UNOPPOSED MOTION
FOR ISSUANCE OF LETTER OF REQUEST
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, upon the exhibits hereto, the accompanying memorandum of
law, and all prior pleadings and proceedings in this matter, Defendants Arch Specialty Insurance
Company, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company, Commonwealth Insurance Company, Federal
Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London, and Certain London Market Companies Subscribing to
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Policy Nos. 507/N11NA08240, 507/N11NA08241, 507/N11NA08242, 507/N11NA08244,
507/N11NA08244, 507/N11NA08245 and GEP 2944, Maiden Specialty Insurance Company,
Maxum Indemnity Company, Navigators Insurance Company, Partner Reinsurance Europe plc,
RSUI Indemnity Company, Steadfast Insurance Company, Torus Specialty Company, and Westport
Insurance Corporation, hereby move this Court, before the Honorable Jed. S. Rakoff, United States
Courthouse for the Southern District of New York, Room 14-B, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New
York 10007, pursuant to the Hague Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence
Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters (the “Hague Convention”), 23 U.S.T. 2555, Federal Rule of
Civil Procedure 28(b)(2), and 28 U.S.C. § 1781(b)(2), for an order directing the issuance of a Letter
of Request (the “Request”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Catherine
Mondell, enabling Defendants to obtain the following evidence in England: the production of
documents from Price Forbes & Partners, Ltd. (“Price Forbes”) and the taking of the depositions of
Charlotte Todd, James Masterton, Stephen Oakley, Tim Savill, Malcolm Goddard, and/or any other
current or former executive or employee of Price Forbes most knowledgeable about the matters
identified in the Request.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, during a joint conference call on December 29,
2014 attended by counsel for the parties, the Court granted Defendants leave to file the present
motion. No briefing schedule was set on the motion because Plaintiff indicated it would not oppose
the motion. No oral argument has been set by the Court.
Dated: New York, New York
January 2, 2015
ROPES & GRAY LLP
By: /s/ Catherine A. Mondell ____________
Catherine A. Mondell
(catherine.mondell@ropesgray.com)
800 Boylston Street
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Boston, MA 02199
Telephone: (617) 951-7000
Evan P. Lestelle
(evan.lestelle@ropesgray.com)
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: (212) 596-9000
Attorneys for Defendants Partner Reinsurance Europe
plc, Torus Specialty Insurance Company, Westport
Insurance Corporation, and Certain Underwriters at
Lloyd’s of London and Certain London Market
Insurance Companies subscribing to Policy Nos. GEP
2944, 507/N11NA08242, 507/N11NA08244, and
507/N11NA08244.
All other signatories listed, and on whose behalf the
filing is submitted, consent to its filing.
MOUND COTTON WOLLAN & GREENGRASS
By: /s/ Costantino P. Suriano __
Costantino P. Suriano (csuriano@moundcotton.com)
Bruce R. Kaliner (bkaliner@moundcotton.com)
One New York Plaza
New York, New York 10004
Telephone: (212) 804-4200
Attorneys for Defendants Commonwealth Insurance
Company, Lexington Insurance Company, Maiden
Specialty Insurance Company, Steadfast Insurance
Company, and International Insurance Company of
Hannover SE.
BRUCKMANN & VICTORY, L.L.P
By: /s/ Arjang Victory _____
Arjang Victory (victory@bvlaw.net)
Timothy G. Church (church@bvlaw.net)
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1621
New York, NY 10170
Tel: (212) 850-8500
Attorneys for Defendants Arch Specialty Insurance
Company, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company,
Federal Insurance Company, Certain Underwriters at
Lloyd's of London and Certain London Market
Insurance Companies subscribing to Policy Nos.
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507/Nl1NA08240 and 507/N11NA08241, Maxum
Indemnity Company, Navigators Insurance Company,
and RSUI Indemnity Company.
FINAZZO COSSOLINI O’LEARY MEOLA &
HAGER, LLC
By: /s/ Christopher S. Finazzo__________________
Christopher S. Finazzo
(christopher.finazzo@finazzolaw.com)
5 Penn Plaza, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
Tel: (646) 378-2033
Attorneys for Defendant Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
Company.