Wood v. Dart

Plaintiff Lillie Mae Wood appeals by leave granted from the trial judge’s order for partial summary judgment in favor of defendants. The order dismissed that part of plaintiffs’ complaint alleging noneconomic loss as the result of injuries plaintiff sustained in an automobile accident in 1981. The court determined that plaintiff’s injury did not meet the threshold of serious impairment of body function under the no fault act, MCL 500.3135(1); MSA 24.13135(1).

Plaintiff’s injuries arose out of an automobile accident on August 23, 1981, in Wayne County. Plaintiff was operating her vehicle,…