(May 3, 2018, 1:00 PM EDT) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina state business court judge on April 30 denied an insured’s request for a protective order regarding documents produced during prior settlement negotiations with an insurer after determining that much of the information in the documents sought by the insurers is relevant to the parties’ environmental contamination coverage dispute (Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, et al., v. AG Insurance SA, et al., No. 17-5594, N.C. Business, 2018 NCBC LEXIS 39)....