Youmans v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a portion of a February 17, 1978, judgment of Genesee County Circuit Judge Robert M. Ransom. Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident on February 19, 1975. His wife was killed. Surviving was their two-year-old daughter, Tanya. Defendant is plaintiff’s "no-fault” insurer.

Plaintiff filed a complaint in district court in Flint on October 3, 1975. The amount of damages sought exceeded district court jurisdictional limits and on August 2, 1976, the case was removed to circuit court. An amended complaint was filed in circuit court on October 27, 1976,…