Thomson v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange

In this case, we are asked to evaluate the reasonableness of defendant insurer’s refusal to pay plaintiff insured’s medical bills incurred after November 14, 1980, thus determining whether plaintiff may recover attorney fees under MCL 500.3148; MSA 24.13148. The facts are contained in Judge Shepherd’s dissent, and supplemented slightly in the discussion which follows. We reverse the trial court’s attorney fee award as we find that defendant’s refusal to pay personal *380protection benefits was reasonable under the facts of this case.

Plaintiff was involved in an automobile accident on January 23,…