Perkins v. Riverside Insurance Co. of America

These cases involve the distribution of no-fault survivors loss benefits under a policy insuring David Norman Perkins, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident on January 25, 1981. The deceased left a modern domestic entanglement. On May 13, 1981, Nadine Perkins filed suit in Ingham County Circuit Court both on her own behalf and as guardian of her minor son, Kuhn C. Perkins, seeking benefits, interest and attorney fees from the defendant-insurer, Riverside Insurance Company (now Transamerica Insurance Corporation of America). Unaware of this action, defendant filed suit six days…