Bailey v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange

In this case we are called upon to determine whether the cost of vocational rehabilitation is compensable under § 3107(a) of the no-fault act. MCL 500.3107(a); MSA 24.13107(a).

Plaintiff Chester Bailey commenced this action in the Wayne County Circuit Court against defendant Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange, seeking a declaratory judgment that vocational rehabilitation is a covered benefit under the Michigan no-fault act. Plaintiff simultaneously moved for summary judgment under GCR 1963, 117.2(3) which was denied by Wayne County Circuit Judge Paul S. Teranes. Subsequently, on July…