Ali Bazzi v. Sentinel Insurance Company

**396 Plaintiff, Ali Bazzi, was injured while driving a vehicle owned by his mother, third-party defendant Hala Baydoun Bazzi, and insured by defendant Sentinel Insurance *23 Company (Sentinel). 1 Plaintiff sued Sentinel for mandatory personal protection insurance (PIP) benefits under Michigan's no-fault act, 2 and Sentinel sought and obtained a default judgment rescinding the insurance policy on the basis of fraud. This Court is now asked to decide whether the judicially created innocent-third-party rule, which precludes an insurer from rescinding an insurance policy procured through fraud when…