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BOICOURT v. AMEX ASSURANCE CO.

No. G021061.

93 Cal.Rptr.2d 763 (2000)

78 Cal.App.4th 1390

Levi BOICOURT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. AMEX ASSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

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

Review Denied June 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Metzger, Luguna Hills, and Wylie A. Aitken, Santa Ana, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Donna D. Melby and Jordon E. Harriman, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

SILLS, P.J.

No less an authority on insurance law than John Alan Appleman declared 40 years ago that a liability insurer "is playing with fire" when it refuses to disclose policy limits. Such a refusal "cuts off the possibility of receiving an offer within the policy limits" by the company's "refusal to open the door to reasonable negotiations." (See Johanek v. Aberle (D.Mont.1961) 27 F.R.D. 272, 280, quoting Appleman, Circumstances Creating...

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