Grand Metro Transit Mix Corp. v. Michigan Mutual Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sandra J. Feuerstein, J.

The plaintiff, Grand Metro Transit Mix Corporation (Grand Metro), commenced this action for damages it claims resulted from the defendant insurance company’s failure to timely process and pay a fire damage claim. Defendant has counterclaimed, seeking return of monies paid on the claim, based on plaintiff’s alleged fraudulent misrepresentation in submitting his son’s tax return as proof of his own income.

The facts are relatively simple. On October 24, 1984, plaintiff, a provider of ready-mixed concrete, had purchased a renewable one-year contract of…