Sibley v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange

Several times this Court has determined whether § 3109(1) of the no-fault insurance act 1 requires various state and federal government benefits to be subtracted from no-fault benefits. In this case we must determine whether § 3109(1) applies to the benefits plaintiff received but was later required to refund under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (feca), 5 USC 8101 et seq. We hold that because plaintiff was required by law to refund the benefits he had received, those benefits were not "provided or required to be provided” and therefore should not be subtracted from the personal…