Mills v. Auto-Owners Insurance

We resolve in this case the conflict within the Court of Appeals over the interpretation of the no-fault insurance act 1 as it relates to benefits for a nonresident motorcyclist involved in a Michigan accident with a Michigan insured vehicle.

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Thomas Mills, a Wisconsin resident, was driving a motorcycle in Iron Mountain, Michigan, on June 25, 1979, when he collided with an automobile operated by a Michigan resident, Perry Fromm. Mills at the time resided with his father in Wisconsin. His father held an insurance policy, covering the motorcycle and another household vehicle, issued by…