Motion,Ex Parte: Liberty Mutual Fire Ins Co, Price Chopper Operating Co Inc, Price Chopper Market Center, Konover Construction Corp, Golub Corporation, Kbe Building Corp v. Demco Ny Corp, Kelly G. Meenagh, Thomas F. Kelly, John P. Meenagh Jr, Harrington Ocko & Monk Llp, Glenn A. Monk, Adam G. Greenberg, Edward C. Haynes, Zurich American Ins Co, National Casualty Company (Third Party Defendant)

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                                (FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 0371072011)                                                                           INDEX   NO.   117722/2009
NYSCEF   DOC.     NO.    31                                                                                  RECEIVED   NYSCEF:   03/08/2011




                 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
                 COUNTY OF NEW YORK
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                LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
                 as subrogee of Price Chopper Operating Co., Inc. d/b/a                               Index No. 117722/09
                 Price Chopper Market Center, Konover Construction
                 Corp., and Golub Corporation, and KBE BUILDING
                 CORPORATION, formerly known as KONOVER
                 CONSTRUCTION CORP., Individually,

                 Plaintiffs,
                            -against-

                DEMCO NEW YORK CORP., KELLY && MEENAGH,
                THOMAS F. KELLY, JOHN P. MEENAGH, JR.,
                HARRINGTON OCKO & MONK, LLP, GLENN A.
                MONK, ADAM G. GREENBERG, EDWARD C.
                HAYNES, and ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE
                COMPANY,

                                                Defendants.
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                                               Third-Party Plaintiffs,                                NOTICE OF MOTION
                                                                                                      TO COMPEL
                -against-                                                                             DISCLOSURE

                NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY,

                                               Third-Party Defendant.
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                MADAMS/SIRS:

                                     PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the annexed Affidavit of Fred H.

                Bicknese, Esq., sworn to on March 7, 2011, and the exhibits annexed thereto, plaintiffs

                LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY and KBE BUILDING
CORPORATION         (collectively “Plaintiffs”) shall move this Court at the Courthouse

located at 60 Centre Street, Room 130, New York, New York 10007, on March 24,

2011, at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, before the Honorable

O. Peter Sherwood, J. S. C., for an Order, pursuant to C.P.L.R. § 3124, (1) compelling

defendant/third-party plaintiff ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY i/s/h/a

MARYLAND       CASUALTY COMPANY                (“Maryland”) to provide full and complete

responses to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories and First Set of Document Requests; and

(2) granting such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.

              Plaintiffs brought the above-entitled action for, among other things, a

declaration as to Maryland’s obligations under an insurance policy issued by Maryland,

with respect to an underlying personal injury suit.

              An affidavit that a good faith effort has been made to resolve the issues

raised in this motion is included within the Affidavit in Support, annexed hereto.

Dated: New York, New York
       March 8, 2011
                                               Yours,

                                               JAFFE a ASHER LLP
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                                           By:     La       —
                                                 _--~ Marshall T. Potashner, Esq.
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                                       Y--             Fred H. Bicknese, Esq.
                                               Attorneys for Plaintiffs
                                               LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
                                               COMPANY and KBE BUILDING
                                               CORPORATION
                                               600 Third Avenue
                                               New York, New York 10016
                                               (212) 687-3000
TO:   TRAUB LIEBERMAN STRAUS
      at SHREWSBERRY LLP
      Attorneys for Defendants
      HARRINGTON OCKO & MONK, LLP,
      GLENN MONK, ADAM GREENBERG and
      EDWARD HAYNES
      Seven Skyline Drive
      Hawthorne, New York 10532
      (914) 347-2600

      MELITO & ADOLFSEN, P.C.
      Attorneys for Defendants
      MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY
      i/s/h/a ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE
      COMPANY and DEMCO NEW YORK
      CORP.
      233 Broadway — 28th Floor
      New York, New York 10279-8900
      (212) 238-8900

      FURMAN       KORNFELD & BRENNAN LLP
      Attorneys   for Defendants
      KELLY &     MEENAGH, THOMAS F. KELLY,
      and JOHN     P. MEENAGH, JR.
      570 Taxter Road, 5th Floor.
      Elmsford, New York 10523
      (914) 920-4000

      AHMUTY, DEMERS at MCMANUS
      Attorneys for Third-Party Defendant
      NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY
      200 I. U. Willets Road
      Albertson, New York 11507
      (516) 294-5433