No-Fault/PIP Benefits

Court/Case No: Court of Appeals Case No. 306492

Tried/Argued Before: Judge

Demand:  $610,000

Verdict: remanded - summary disposition in Plaintiff's favor reversed

Name of Judge(s): Hon. Mark T. Boonstra, Hon. David H. Sawyer, Hon. Christopher M. Murray

Keys to the Case:

A detailed analysis of precedent enabled appellate counsel to persuade the appellate court that the trial court erred by ruling, as a matter of law, that a motor vehicle insured by defendant was “involved” in an accident with plaintiff’s decedent, a motorcyclist.  Appellate counsel successfully argued that because there was no physical contact between the motorcyclist and the motor vehicle, defendant must be allowed to argue the absence of involvement to a jury.

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