Amerisure Insurance v. Auto-Owners Insurance

Amerisure Insurance Company appeals by right from a judgment, entered after a jury trial, mandating that it pay personal injury protection (PIP) benefits for Michael Anthony, who suffered injuries in September 1999 after jumping from a Ford Explorer while another person, Jeremy Whitworth, drove the vehicle. Amerisure argues that the jury’s verdict, as well as several pretrial and posttrial orders entered by the trial court, must be reversed. We affirm.

I

Amerisure first argues that the trial court erred in granting partial summary disposition, before trial, to Auto-Owners Insurance Company. We…