Appeals
Recent Appeals
Kings Home Healthcare Inc v. Allstate Insurance Company
COA upheld summary disposition finding that the plaintiff was an unlicensed adult foster care facility and not entitled to no-fault benefits because it failed to lawfully render services within the meaning of the act.
Springer v. Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan
COA upheld summary disposition finding that the Plaintiff did not suffer a threshold injury for UM/UIM benefits.
Wright v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
COA upheld summary disposition in favor of the Defendant where the plaintiff failed to timely file his Response Brief And facts supported denial even for the innocent third party.
Garrett v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
COA upheld summary disposition finding that the plaintiff was an unlicensed adult foster care facility and not entitled to no-fault benefits because it failed to lawfully render services within the meaning of the act.
Department of Transportation v. DJ McQuestions, et al. & Estate of Twigg v. Department of Transportation, et al.
COA upheld summary disposition in favor of the Defendant’s where the plaintiff’s expert testimony was insufficient to raise valid questions of fact against the companies involved in road construction where an accident occurred.
Lanurias v. Progressive Insurance
COA upheld various pre-trial motions in favor of Progressive, which helped Progressive obtained a no-cause verdict at trial.
Williams-Inner v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
COA upheld trial court’s order striking Plaintiff’s expert witnesses from testing at trial due to her insufficient answers to expert interrogatories.
Sutter v. Fraser, et al.
COA upheld summary disposition in favor of the Defendants regarding claims of breach of fiduciary duty and negligence.
Jefferson v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company
COA upheld dismissal in favor of the Defendant due to Plaintiff’s failure to comply with the court’s final pretrial order.
O’Leary v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company
COA reversed the trial court’s award of attorney fees finding that an IME provides a reasonable basis for denial of no-fault benefits even when conducted after claims is placed under investigation.
Carter v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
COA reversed the trial court and set aside the jury verdict finding that the court failed to give a fraud instruction where the evidence supported a finding the plaintiff and/or his attendant care providers committed fraud in the claim for benefits.
Frazier v. Allstate Insurance Company
Supreme Court reversed the trial court and adopted Allstate’s definition of “alighting” under the parked vehicle exception of the no-fault act thereby determining Plaintiff was not entitled to benefits.
Verbrugge v. Select Specialty Hospital
COA upheld dismissal due to the plaintiff’s failure to follow medical malpractice statute of limitations.
Shields v. Select Specialty Hospital
COA upheld summary disposition in favor of Defendant Select Specialty in plaintiff’s medical malpractice claim.
Healing Place v. Allstate Insurance Company
COA, in a published decision, found that the plaintiff was operating as an unlicensed adult foster care facility and the services were not lawfully rendered within the meaning of the no-fault act.