Dairyland Insurance v. Auto-Owners Insurance

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a judgment denying plaintiff’s claim for reimbursement from defendant for personal injury protection benefits paid by plaintiff to Thomas Sterly. The benefits consisted of $41,343.79 for medical expenses and $4,668.80 for lost wages resulting from injuries Sterly sustained in an accident which occurred while he was a passenger in an automobile owned and being driven by plaintiff’s insured, James Leach.

At the time of the accident there was in force a no-fault insurance policy issued by defendant to Thomas Sterly’s mother, Betty Sterly. Citing MCL 500.3114;…