Parks v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange

The issue in this case is whether the no-fault act requires an employee’s personal no-fault insurer, the employee’s self-insured employer, or the Assigned Claims Facility to provide personal protection insurance benefits when a personally insured employee is injured while occupying an employer-owned vehicle that is not required to be registered in Michigan.

Involved in the resolution of this question are §§ 3101(1), 3102(1), and 3114(1), (3) of the no-fault act.1 MCL 500.3101 et seq.; MSA 24.13101 et seq. Section 3101(1) states, in part, "The owner or registrant of a motor vehicle required to…