Legal Opinion
Wilcox v. Sealey
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided February 7, 1984No. Docket 70204PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeasley, J.
Plaintiffs-appellants, Angela Wilcox and Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company, appeal from an order granting the motion of garnishee defendant-appellee, Auto-Owners Insurance Company, to quash a writ of garnishment.
On October 31, 1977, a house trailer, owned by plaintiff Wilcox and insured by plaintiff Pioneer, caught fire and was damaged. Plaintiffs claim that the proximate cause of the fire was the negligence of defendants Harry and Orpha Sealey. When plaintiffs brought suit against the Sealeys, the latter demanded that garnishee defendant Auto-Owners defend them and pay any possible…
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