Utica Seeks to Bar Testimony of Former Fireman’s Fund Employee in Follow-The-Fortunes Dispute

UTICA, N.Y. — Utica Mutual Insurance Co. has moved to bar Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. from presenting the testimony of its former employee to support its argument that primary policies issued by Utica to Goulds Pumps did not include aggregate limits.

In its Sept. 1 motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, Utica argues that former FFIC employee Garrett Redmond lacked personal knowledge of the Utica contracts and therefore is not qualified to testify.

From 1966 to 1972, Utica insured Goulds under primary and umbrella policies. The umbrella policies were reinsured by FFIC …