Neumann v. Transit Casualty Co.

The defendant Transit Casualty Company appeals from a declaratory judgment which ordered the defendant casualty company to make payment of no-fault insurance benefits without a deduction for the supplementary medical insurance benefits which were payable to plaintiff pursuant to 42 USC 1395j et seq. At issue is the scope of the Michigan Supreme Court’s holding in O’Donnell v State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co, 404 Mich 524; 273 NW2d 829 (1979).

The defendant casualty company, citing O’Donnell, claims that the mandatory deduction of government benefits from no-fault insurance benefits, which…