Dillon v. Secretary of State

Defendant, the Secretary of State, appeals from a decision of the Wayne County Circuit Court in which William Robert Dillon, the father of David Gary Dillon, was awarded damages against the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund for the loss of services of his son. Defendant argues that MCLA 257.1123; MSA 9.2823 bars any recovery on the part of the father since the son recovered the full amount allowed by *595that section.1 The trial judge, Judge Theodore R. Bohn, held that the father was not limited by his son’s recovery and, therefore, held that the father was entitled to recover the amount of his…