CNA Insurance v. Cooley

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order granting summary disposition in favor of defendant Les Irwin.

This case is before us after second remand. The pertinent facts were stated in CNA Ins Co v Cooley (After Remand), unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, decided December 12, 1985 (Docket No. 69029):

Defendant Irwin is the owner of a front end loader, a type of construction tractor, which he lent to defendant Eldon Leroy Cooley, who is not a party to this appeal. Cooley drove the vehicle to Merl’s Towing Service, which had possession of a motorcycle owned by Cooley and…