Averill v. DAUTERMAN

Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court’s order dismissing this derivative action filed on behalf of Gleaner Life Insurance Society (Gleaner), a fraternal benefit society. We affirm.

I. FACTS

Gleaner is a fraternal benefit society that provides insurance to its certificate holders, or “members.” Michigan defines “fraternal benefit society” as

[a]n incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock... conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative…