Auto-Owners Insurance v. Lydon

In this dispute over the payment of automobile insurance benefits, plaintiff, Auto-Owners Insurance Company, appeals from the circuit court’s order granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment and denying plaintiffs motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

On August 10, 1979, an automobile driven by Roger Lydon collided with an abandoned uninsured automobile. Defendant, Mary Ann Lydon, Roger Lydon’s wife, was' a passenger in the car driven by her husband. She sustained a severe closed head injury and reportedly suffered permanant brain damage. At the time of the accident, the Lydons’…