Belen v. Allstate Insurance

Defendant, Allstate Insurance Company, appeals as of right from a Wayne Circuit Court order vacating an arbitration award. We reverse.

On May 7, 1982, plaintiff, Nancy Ann Belen, was involved in an automobile accident with an uninsured motorist, Albertine Thompson. The accident occurred while plaintiff was eastbound on Puritan Street, attempting a left turn onto Greenfield, in the City of Detroit. Thompson was proceeding westbound on Puritan at the time of the collision.

Pursuant to a policy of insurance with defendant Allstate, plaintiff filed a claim for uninsured motorist coverage seeking…