Michigan Mutual Insurance v. Shaheen

I agree with the majority that defendant Shaheen bears no liability to the plaintiff, having never formed an attorney-cli*769ent relationship with it. I also agree that the insurer’s recovery of the $20,000 in uninsured motorist benefits that it paid to defendant Daher must be conditioned on Daher’s full recovery for his injury. However, I cannot accept the reasoning that has led the majority to their conclusion on this point.

The priorities in Daher’s recovery set by the majority are those that would result under the equitable principles of subrogation, also called in the cases "common law…