State ex rel. Woods v. Kirkwood

CLEMENS, Commissioner.

This original proceeding in prohibition brings up this question: Is a defendant who has been sued for property damages to plaintiff’s automobile entitled to inspect the plaintiff’s automobile insurance policy to find out whether it is the plaintiff or her insurer who is the real party in interest? We thought not when the plaintiff-relator filed her petition here and we granted our preliminary writ to prohibit the respondent judge from forcing her to produce the policy for defendant’s inspection. Now the issue has been briefed, argued and considered, and we hold to our…