Documents Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege, N.Y. Judge Reiterates in $1.3 Million Action

NEW YORK — A New York state judge has denied R&Q Reinsurance Co.’s request to reargue its position that certain documents it seeks in a $1.3 million dispute with three American International Group insurers are protected under attorney-client privilege.

In the order, Judge Jeffrey K. Onig of the New York County Supreme Court also denied R&Q’s request to dismiss two of the insurers’ claims from the amended complaint for failure to comply with discovery, finding the insurers have not acted willfully or in bad faith. However, the judge ordered the insurers to produce certain requested documents in connection with those …