Bryce Corp. v. XL Insurance America, Inc.
- Katherine Failla
- 1:23-cv-01814
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 5
In Bryce Corp. v. XL Insurance, Judge Failla granted sealing requests and ordered a telephonic conference on Bryce’s proposed sanctions motion.
Bryce Corp., XL Insurance America, Inc., their counsel, and the court docket; the parties were also required to participate in the scheduled telephonic pre-motion conference.
What happened
Bryce Corp. v. XL Insurance America, Inc. concerns Bryce’s request for a conference before seeking sanctions related to a declaration that XL submitted with its partial-summary-judgment motion. XL opposed the request and argued that the declaration was supported by testimony and documents.
The court’s order did not decide whether sanctions should be imposed or whether the declaration should be withdrawn. Instead, it granted the parties’ requests to file redacted and sealed documents and allowed docket entries 153 and 156 to remain sealed.
The court also granted Bryce’s request for a pre-motion conference and scheduled a telephone conference for December 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Judge Katherine Polk Failla directed the Clerk to keep docket entries 154 and 157 under seal and to terminate the pending motions at docket entries 152, 153, 154, and 155.
The detailed version
- Bryce Corp. v. XL Insurance America, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-01814
- Katherine Failla
- Dec. 5, 2025
What the parties asked for
The opinion text primarily consists of XL Insurance America, Inc.’s response opposing Bryce Corporation’s request for leave to seek sanctions and to compel XL to withdraw the declaration of Raymond F. Walton. XL argued that the declaration supported XL’s cross-motion for partial summary judgment and was consistent with deposition testimony and produced documents. XL also asked for its reasonable fees and costs in responding to Bryce’s request.
The court’s order
The court granted the parties’ requests to file redacted and sealed versions of their documents. It ordered that docket entries 153 and 156 could remain on the docket in sealed form and directed the Clerk of Court to maintain docket entries 154 and 157 under seal.
The court also granted Bryce’s request for a pre-motion conference concerning an anticipated sanctions motion. It scheduled a telephonic conference for December 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. The order provided the telephone number and access code for the conference.
Disposition
The order did not rule on whether Bryce’s anticipated sanctions motion would succeed, whether XL should be sanctioned, or whether Walton’s declaration should be withdrawn. It directed the Clerk to terminate the pending motions at docket entries 152, 153, 154, and 155. The order was dated December 5, 2025, and signed by Judge Katherine Polk Failla.
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