Perez v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

Plaintiff appeals as of right the order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C) (10) and denying plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(I)(2) in this action for first-party benefits under the no-fault act, MCL 500.3101 et seq.; MSA 24.13101 et seq. We affirm.

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The essential facts are undisputed. On December 23, 1993, plaintiff, who was self-employed as a concrete contractor, drove his pickup truck, with an attached flatbed trailer, to a farm to pick up a load of straw. The straw was to be used as insulation in the pouring of…