Amended Scheduling Order Issued in N.Y. Federal Reinsurance Action

NEW YORK — A New York federal judge has issued an amended scheduling order in a reinsurance action involving the settlement of claims stemming from a 2008 deadly trucking accident.

In the June 21 scheduling order, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan set Aug. 6 as the deadline for all discovery, including any expert depositions. The judge further held that a joint pretrial order will be filed on or before Sept. 14.

Florists' issued a business auto insurance policy and an umbrella policy to Nurserymen's Exchange Inc. In January 2010, Nurserymen's was named as a defendant in a Louisiana lawsuit involving a …