Pettie v. Superior Court

KINCAID, J. pro tem. *

Petitioner is the plaintiff in a personal injury action pending in the respondent court brought against Anita Roye Roerman as defendant, the real party in interest herein, to recover damages allegedly suffered by petitioner as a result of the claimed negligent operation of an automobile by defendant.

The question presented by this original proceeding for a writ of mandate or other appropriate extraordinary writ is whether discovery of the limits of an insured defendant’s liability insurance policy may be had in a personal injury action against the insured defendant upon…