What is the test for obtaining limited insurance information from a plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Connecticut Indem. Co. v. Superior Court, 73 Cal.App.4th 540, 86 Cal.Rptr.2d 515 (Cal. App. 1999):
Another pertinent rule is that, notwithstanding the social interest in advancing settlement and avoiding the formality of litigation, a prospective litigant has no cause of action to obtain even this limited insurance information before commencing litigation against the insured. (Griffith v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (1991) 230 Cal.App.3d 59, 63-64, 281 Cal.Rptr. 165.) 8
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