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FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A053547.

233 Cal.App.3d 1138 (1991)

286 Cal. Rptr. 50

FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; PAINEWEBBER REAL ESTATE SECURITIES, INC., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

August 13, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Fisher & Hurst, Robert N. Schiff, Steven L. Sumnick and Lori A. Sebransky for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Morrison & Foerster, James P. Bennett and Neal S. Berinhout for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

WHITE, P.J.

An insurance company defendant in an action for bad faith failure to contribute to a settlement asks us to protect it from disclosing to its insured the defendant's reinsurance agreements and related documents and communications. We conclude that the superior court abused its discretion in ordering disclosure.

We need not fully explain the underlying action...

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