Frazier v. Allstate Insurance

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nature of the case

In this no-fault insurance action, defendant appeals 1 from the trial court’s denial of its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and from the wage-loss and related portions of the judgment for plaintiff. The issue we decide is whether plaintiff, who had been unemployed for nearly four years, was nonetheless eligible for work-loss benefits under MCL 500.3107a; MSA 24.13107(1), as one who is “tempo rarily unemployed.” Because we hold that plaintiff was not “temporarily unemployed,” we reverse and remand.

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FACTS

Although the injury that forms the basis for this case…