Dawson v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

Defendant, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan, appeals the trial court’s order that granted summary disposition to plaintiff. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

I. NATURE OF THE CASE

Elaintiff, Timothy Dawson, asserts a contractual right to have his automobile insurance carrier, Farm Bureau, pay for a judgment entered in his prior lawsuit against the driver of the vehicle in which he was a *565passenger and wherein he sustained various injuries. In that lawsuit, the driver’s automobile insurance carrier, Auto-Owners Insurance…