Farmers Insurance Group v. Lynch

Lily Lynch was seriously injured in an automobile accident on September 30, 1983. Farmers Insurance Group, the insurer of the automobile Lynch was driving began paying Lynch’s no-fault insurance benefits and, on April 23, 1984, commenced a declaratory judgment action in the Genesee Circuit Court against the Home Mutual Insurance Company. Home Mutual was the insurer of automobiles owned by Lynch’s husband. The priority dispute between Farmers and Home Mutual was eventually resolved on the basis of the Supreme Court’s decision in Michigan Mutual Ins Co v Allstate Ins Co, 426 Mich 346; 395 NW2d…