EMPL. INS. OF WAUSAU v. MUSICK, PEELER, & GARRETT

No. 89-0705-J (BTM).

871 F.Supp. 381 (1994)

EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU and Federal Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. MUSICK, PEELER, & GARRETT, a Partnership; Leonard Castro, an Individual; Robert Schuchard, an Individual; K.M.G. Main Hurdman, a partnership, Peat Marwick, Main & Co., a Partnership; J.H. Cohn & Co., a Partnership; Ed Bacani, an Individual; Robert Torkar, an Individual; Does 1 through 100; and Roes 1 through 300, Inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

November 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Jordan Zubkoff, Seltzer, Caplan, Wilkins and McMahon, San Diego, CA, Larry Goldberg, Nagler and Schneider, Beverly Hills, CA, Gerald L. McMahon, Seltzer, Caplan, Wilkins and McMahon, San Diego, CA, Lawrence H. Nagler, Nagler and Associates, Beverly Hills, CA, for plaintiffs.

Charles A. Bird, Charles A. Danaher, Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps, San Diego, CA, Robert G. Steiner, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, San Diego, CA, for Musick, Peeler, & Garrett, Leonard Castro, Robert Schuchard.

William J. Reifman, Mayer, Brown and Platt, Los Angeles, CA, for KMG Main Hurdman.

William J. Reifman, Mayer, Brown and Platt, Los Angeles, CA, Stanley J. Parzen, Mayer, Brown and Platt, Chicago, IL, for Peat, Marwick, Main & Co.

Mark I. Schlesinger, Joel A. Chernov, Alvin M. Stein, New York City, for J.H. Cohn & Co., Ed Bacani, Robert Torkar.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS, DENYING MOTION TO STRIKE AND GRANTING REQUEST TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE

JONES, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

This case is an action for contribution and equitable indemnity brought by insurers who paid out a $13 million settlement in the Cousins Home Furnishings, Inc. securities litigation in the late 1980's. The insurers brought this action against attorneys and accountants who were...

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