Hawkins v. District Court in & for the Fourth Judicial District

QUINN, Justice.

In this original proceeding we are asked to determine whether investigative reports and witnesses’ statements compiled by an insurance adjuster in the course of investigating and attempting to settle a fire loss with an insured are discoverable in an action by the insured against an insurance company for failing to pay the fire loss claim. The respondent court held that such information was privileged and therefore not discoverable. The petitioner-insured, Michael Dennis Hawkins, thereafter commenced an original proceeding in this court. We issued a rule to show cause and now…