Supreme Court of California
Catholic Mut. Relief Soc'y v. Superior Court of L.A. County (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Diego), S134545
Read Catholic Mut. Relief Soc'y v. Superior Court of L.A. County (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Diego), S134545
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Code of Civil Procedure section 2017.210, the statutory provision authorizing limited discovery of a defendant's insurance coverage information, does not authorize pretrial discovery of a nonparty liability insurer's reinsurance agreements for purposes of facilitating settlement of an underlying tort action.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/27/2007
- Published 08/27/2007
Judges
- BAXTER, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of California
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Borton, Petrini & Conron, Rocky K. Copley, Jonathan P. Geen and Paul Kissel, San Diego, for Petitioners., Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, Paul J. Killion, Heidi H. Frenzel, Kathryn C. Ashton and Allegra A. Jones, San Francisco, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London and Certain London Market Insurance and Reinsurance Companies as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners., Kiesel Boucher & Larson, Raymond P. Boucher, Patrick DeBlase, Beverly Hills, and Anthony M. DeMarco, for Real Parties in Interest.
- For Appellees:
- No appearance for Respondent.