INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 59291.

108 Cal.App.3d 758 (1980)

166 Cal. Rptr. 880

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; GAF CORPORATION, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

July 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

O'Melveny & Myers, John G. Niles, Ira M. Feinberg, H. Lee Watson, Phillip R. Kaplan and M. Pilar Luna for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Daniel H. Williams III, Ronald M. Oster, Earl M. Benjamin, Jeanne E. Irving and Todd E. Gordinier for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

FLEMING, Acting P.J.

Insurance Company of North America (INA), a casualty insurer, seeks a writ of prohibition against the superior court to preserve the confidentiality of its attorney-client communications against discovery by GAF Corporation (GAF). INA is a defendant in a superior court action brought by GAF against INA, INA Corporation, INA Financial Corporation, and others, seeking declaratory and other relief with respect...

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