Cole v. Michigan Mutual Insurance

P. J. Marutiak,

J. Following a bench trial, the trial judge awarded plaintiffs $11,747.50 in damages for breach of an insurance contract. Defendant appeals by right. Plaintiffs have cross-appealed regarding the amount of the damages awarded.

On October 30, 1978, fire partially destroyed a run-down home in northern Oakland County. Plaintiff Beverly Cox held the vendee’s interest in a land contract in which plaintiffs Jake and Jean Cole, Beverly’s parents, were the vendors. At the time of the fire the land contract was in default and Jake Cole had obtained a judgment of forfeiture in September,…