Parties Seek Extension of Discovery Deadlines in N.Y. Federal Reinsurance Action

NEW YORK - Endurance Assurance Corp. and Florists'' Insurance Co. have asked a New York federal judge to extend discovery deadlines a second time in a reinsurance action involving the settlement of claims stemming from a 2008 deadly trucking accident.

In a Feb. 20 letter filed before Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the U.S. Court for the Southern District of New York, the parties asked the court to set deadlines of April 27 for completion of fact discovery, and July 6 for all discovery, including any depositions of experts.

The parties also sought a deadline of May 11 for …