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P1028 In a products liability action against various suppliers of asbestos, claim documents submitted to bankruptcy trusts established by the bankruptcy court for the purpose of settling claims against other, insolvent, asbestos suppliers were found to be discoverable whether signed by the claimant personally or by his attorney and regardless of whether the documents would be admissible at trial; such documents could be admissible at trial if they were submitted in the normal course of making a claim, but if they were submitted as settlement demands, they would be admissible at trial only if the party offering them did so for a reason other than disproving liability.CitationVOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA v SUPERIOR COURT (Bankruptcy Trust Discovery) 139 CA4 1481 [See: CCP 2017.010; EvC 1154, 1222; Norton v Superior Court 24 CA4 1750, T/AT 6/94]
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