Davies v. Superior Court

I concur with the reasoning and the conclusion of the majority. I write separately because I believe this court should decide whether petitioner has a “proper interest,” within the meaning of Vehicle Code section 20012, in obtaining confidential accident reports.

Preliminarily, it should be noted that section 20012 does not exclude petitioner from the class of persons with a “proper interest” in the contents of accident reports. On the contrary, that section provides that law enforcement agencies receiving such reports shall disclose their “entire contents ... to any person who may have a…