State ex rel. Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Co. v. Mazzone

(Filed Dec. 6, 2005)

In this proceeding, the petitioner sought a wiit of prohibition to preclude the trial court from enforcing its order requiring the disclosure of insurance reserve information. The petitioner argued that the insurance reserve information was protected from disclosure by the work product doctrine. The majority opinion granted the writ, but for reasons different than that argued by the petitioner. The majority opinion determined that the writ should be issued for the purpose of requiring the trial court to make a determination of whether the insurance reserve information was…