Kalvin Candler v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan

*672Under MCL 500.3173a(2) of the Michigan no-fault act, a person who knowingly presents or causes to be presented a false statement that is part of or in support of a claim to the Michigan automobile insurance placement facility (Facility) is ineligible for payment and barred from receiving benefits *783under the assigned claims plan. This case raises the issue of whether a false statement made not to the Facility, but instead to one of its servicing insurers, similarly serves as a bar from receiving personal protection insurance (PIP) benefits. Because I disagree with the majority's construction of…