Legal Opinion
Allstate Insurance v. DeFrain
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1978No. Docket 77-2080PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtR. E. A. Boyle, J.
Plaintiff appeals from a declaratory judgment entered May 24, 1977, wherein the trial court decided that a household exclusionary clause in the motor vehicle liability insurance policy of defendant with plaintiff was invalid and that plaintiff was under a duty to defend an action brought against defendant by his then wife, Bernadette Marie DeFrain.
The pertinent facts, which are undisputed, are these: On May 19, 1976, the said Bernadette De-Frain, then the wife of defendant, who resided in the same household as her husband, commenced an action against him for claimed injuries involving the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hosko v. HoskoMichigan Supreme Court · 1971
- Palmer v. State Land Office BoardMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
- People v. MartinMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975
- Citizens Mut. Ins. Co. v. Central Nat. Ins. Co. of OmahaMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975
- Gurwin v. AlcodrayMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Meyer v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- Bishop v. Allstate Insurance Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1981
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. RuuskaMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
- Allstate Insurance Co. v. Wyoming Insurance DepartmentWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
- Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. WiscombWashington Supreme Court · 1980
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