Staffney v. Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants.

These cases have a considerable procedural history. The incident which precipitated the cases was an explosion and fire which occurred at the grain storage facility of the Michigan Elevator Exchange, a division of Farm Bureau Services Inc., on January 22, 1976. The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of all the defendants in both cases.

Appeals by plaintiffs were taken independently to this Court. In Staffney v Fireman’s Fund Ins Co, 91 Mich App 745, 753; 284 NW2d 277 (1979),…