Parties May Submit Final Briefs Relating to Completion of Discovery in Reinsurance Dispute, N.Y. Magistrate Judge Rules

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A New York federal magistrate judge has allowed Munich Reinsurance America Inc. and Utica Mutual Insurance Co. to submit a proposal for completing fact and expert discovery and a final round of briefing of any issues relating to the completion of discovery in a dispute over the limits of liability of two facultative reinsurance certificates.

In a May 11 text order, Magistrate Judge Andrew Baxter of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York warned the parties that the court will impose costs and, if appropriate, sanctions, if it finds that the parties have …