Auto-Owners Insurance v. Stenberg Bros.

I concur in the result reached by the majority but for a different reason.

While I agree with the majority that the portion of Davidson v Secretary of State, 351 Mich 4; 87 NW2d 131 (1957), relied upon by plaintiff is dictum, I conclude that the Supreme Court in Davidson reached the correct result. The statutory definition of “special mobile equipment” is a limiting definition, carving out from the universe of vehicles those that qualify. See MCL 257.62; MSA 9.1862. Under the statutory language, the vehicles that qualify are determined by a two-step process, which first delineates vehicles…