Yesterday, the Michigan Supreme Court ordered oral argument on an insurer's application to consider the question of whether a migrant farm worker Salvador Lorenzo (Lorenzo) who maintained no permanent residency but spent time in North Carolina, Florida and Michigan every year was a "resident" of Michigan at the time passengers riding in his vehicle (Plaintiffs) [...]
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Michigan Supreme Court Denies Leave in Two of Three Cases Pending to Address Legal Causation Under No-Fault Act for Motorcycle Accidents
Last week I filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the State Farm v. MMRMA case pending on application to the Michigan Supreme Court. As I mentioned in my last post, there were two other cases, both pending on applications to the Court, which asked the Court to deal with the same [...]
Supreme Court to Consider Meaning of “Bodily Injury” Under Motor Vehicle Exception
I am writing an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief on behalf of Wayne County and Michigan Townships Association, among others, in this public liability case in which the Supreme Court has granted the State of Michigan's application for leave to appeal to address whether "bodily injury" liability available against the government under the [...]
Supreme Court Grants to Consider Whether Governmental Entities are Liable for “Wage Loss” Damages Under No-Fault Act
The Michigan Supreme Court has granted leave to appeal to address whether the "motor vehicle" exception to governmental immunity allows parties to seek economic damages in the form of "wage loss", for bodily injuries arising out of motor vehicle accidents in which a governmental entity is involved. The Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) allows suit [...]
Court of Appeals Issue Yet Another Opinion Articulating Different View of “Causation” in Motorcycle Accident Coverage Under No-Fault Act
In Braverman ex rel Smutzki v Auto-Owners Insurance Company, the Court of Appeals issued another legal ruling on the extent or level of "involvement of a motor vehicle" in a motorcycle accident required under the No-Fault Act. In the past couple of months, the Court of Appeals has issued two other opinions, each of which seem [...]