Hall v. Citizens Insurance Co. of America

Defendants appeal as of right from a judgment entered on a jury award (No. 75597) and from an order granting plaintiff costs, including attorney fees, pursuant to GCR 1963, 316.7 (No. 75792).

Plaintiff was insured by defendant Citizens through defendant insurance agencies. 1 In 1973 an accident occurred involving a person insured by Citizens and an automobile owned by one Patricia Hall, not the plaintiff herein. As a result of a series of mistakes on the part of defendants and Citizens’ attorney, Shaker Brackett, Citizens erroneously pursued a subrogation claim against plaintiff herein.…