Legal Opinion

Raska v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 8, 1982No. 63507, (Calendar No. 2)PublishedCited by 234 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKavanagh, J.

(for affirmance). This case involves the validity of an exclusionary clause in a pre-no-fault automobile insurance policy.

Any clause in an insurance policy is valid as *362long as it is clear, unambiguous and not in contravention of public policy.

Although plaintiffs here assert that this "owned automobile” exclusion clause violates public policy, they cite us no public policy touching the area. Their argument is concentrated on the "obscurity” of the drafting on account of the placement of the clause in the policy, and the technicality of language used — both of which touch not on public policy…

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