Van Hollenbeck v. Insurance Co. of North America

This case involves the cross-appeals from an order of declaratory judgment and supporting opinion entered by the Macomb Circuit Court. The court found that a personal catastrophe insurance policy issued by defendant, Insurance Company of North America (ina), did not afford liability coverage to plaintiff Homer J. Van Hollenbeck in a lawsuit filed against him by Select Markets, Inc., and its major shareholder, Michelle Abbruzzese, but that ina did owe Van Hollenbeck a duty to defend. Plaintiffs appeal as of right concerning the issue of ina’s liability under the policy, and defendant ina…