Hicks v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America

LaTonya Hicks (plaintiff), a minor, by her mother Carolyn Hicks, as her next friend, and Carolyn Hicks, individually, appeal as of right a circuit court order granting summary disposition to defendant, Citizens Insurance Company of America. (Docket No. 138159). We reverse. Because of our resolution of the issues in this case, the issues raised in the consolidated case, Children’s Hosp of Michigan v Citizens Ins Co of America (Docket No. 147454), are rendered moot.

The facts in this case are undisputed. Plaintiff, while walking across a highway, was struck and seriously injured by an automobile…