Legal Opinion
Melkus v. Allstate Insurance
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided October 3, 1980No. 78-40120PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NEWBLATT, District Judge.
On August 18, 1978, Plaintiff filed this lawsuit in Genesee County Circuit Court against Defendant Allstate Insurance Co. (Allstate) to recover property damage to Plaintiff’s automobile sustained in a hit and run accident while Plaintiff’s vehicle was parked. Plaintiff alleges a violation of an insurance contract and seeks equitable relief, clarification of policy language as well as money damages, including a compensatory damage award for aggravation, vexation and annoyance, and exemplary damages for Defendant’s bad faith. Plaintiff will seek class…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Snyder v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Zahn v. International Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Horton v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Kewin v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
- Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Carol L. Kirchner GAFFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- Garza v. Bettcher Industries, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1990
- Hambell v. Alphagraphics Franchising Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1991
- Shelly v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1995
- Partlow v. Jones Motor Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1990
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