N.Y. Judges Refuse to Alter Discovery Plan for Superstorm Sandy Insurance Litigation

NEW YORK — Judges overseeing Superstorm Sandy litigation in New York federal court have rejected an attempt by insurers to amend a recently issued case management order they say prevents defendants from conducting formal discovery in the cases.

In a new CMO filed April 7, the three-judge panel assigned to nearly 1,000 Sandy-related flood insurance suits in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York said the current discovery plan does nothing to deny any party’s rights to conduct discovery. The panel added that provisions of the discovery plan were established based on considerable input from the parties …