Priesman v. Meridian Mutual Insurance

This is a first-party, no-fault automobile insurance case. The circuit judge granted summary disposition to the defendant under MCR 2.116(0(10). We reverse.

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The relevant facts are not in dispute and the case was submitted to the circuit judge on stipulated facts.

Plaintiff owned a motor vehicle which was insured by defendant. While plaintiff was asleep, her fourteen-year-old son took her car without her permission. He picked up two of his friends and an accident followed. Plaintiff’s son and one of his friends were seriously hurt. The other friend was killed.

Initially, defendant paid…