Guerrero v. Schoolmeester

Once again we are asked to determine whether a soft-tissue injury with either no or, at most, minimal medical manifestation constitutes "serious impairment of body function” under § 3135 of the no-fault insurance act. (MCL 500.3135; MSA 24.13135). The case comes to us on the following facts.

On November 24, 1979, the car in which plaintiff was riding as a passenger and which was being driven by plaintiff’s husband was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by defendant, Robert W. Schoolmeester. On February 23, 1982, some two years and three months after the first accident, plaintiff was involved in a…