Legal Opinion
Lipton v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 28, 1996No. B097536PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, J.
In this bad faith action against his professional liability insurer, the petitioner Howard Lipton 1 seeks a writ of mandate compelling the trial court to require the real party in interest, Lawyers’ Mutual Insurance Company (LMIC), to produce certain records relating to liability “reserves” which may have been established in a malpractice action brought against Lipton, together with “corresponding reinsurance records.” The trial court, after conducting an in camera inspection of the requested records, denied Lipton’s discovery request, stating that “it does not appear that…
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