Legal Opinion

Smit v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided December 5, 1994No. Docket 159838PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtReilly, P.J.

Garnishee-defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company appeals as of right a circuit court order granting summary disposition in favor of plaintiffs. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff Ronald Smit was injured on August 17, 1990, when a minivan driven by defendant Dawn Senneker struck the motorcycle he was driving. Senneker was making a delivery for her employer, Country Town Floral, owned by defendant Judy Kaechele or her husband, Tom Kaechele. After plaintiffs initiated the present action, Senneker’s no-fault carrier, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, denied liability…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Ruddock v. Detroit Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Morrill v. GallagherMichigan Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Meirthew v. LastMichigan Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Lee v. Evergreen Regency CooperativeMichigan Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Industro Motive Corp. v. Morris Agency, Inc.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1977

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