July 29, 2015
A court-appointed e-discovery expert told a Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday it should deny Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co.'s requests to scour H.J. Heinz Co. employee phones and data in a suit over $25 million in coverage for lead-contaminated baby food.
July 23, 2015
H.J. Heinz Co. and Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co. battled Wednesday in Pennsylvania federal court over which state law applies to Heinz's $30 million indemnification suit over damages stemming from lead traces in its baby food: Pennsylvania law that allows bad faith claims for punitive damages or New York law that forbids them.
July 21, 2015
H.J. Heinz Co. told a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday that Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co., which it sued in May for failing to indemnify $30 million in business interruption damages that resulted from traces of lead in its baby food cereal, is making unreasonable discovery requests for irrelevant electronically stored data that is not easily accessible.
May 14, 2015
H.J. Heinz Co. sued Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co. Thursday in Pennsylvania federal court, saying the insurer must cover business interruption damages that could reach $30 million after Chinese authorities found traces of lead in the company's baby cereal.