Jacobs v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange

Defendant appeals as of right from an order of the Wayne County Circuit Court granting summary judgment for plaintiff in the amount of $20,000, the policy limit of uninsured motorist benefits under an insurance contract between plaintiff and defendant.

In order to clarify our disposition of the issues raised by defendant in its appeal, a recitation of the facts leading to the trial court’s grant of summary judgment is in order.

On February 19, 1972, plaintiff was involved in a collision with an uninsured motorist. As of that date, plaintiff was insured under a policy issued by defendant which…