Burk v. Warren

This no-fault case makes its second stop at this Court. Again the issue on appeal is the construction of the phrase "serious impairment of body function”. MCL 500.3135(1); MSA 24.13135(1). This Court’s decision in this case in 1981 was appealed to the Supreme Court. After issuing its decision in Cassidy v McGovern, 415 Mich 483; 330 NW2d 22 (1982), the Supreme Court remanded the case to the circuit court to proceed in the manner outlined in Cassidy. The circuit court’s grant of plaintiffs motion for summary judgment is the subject of this appeal. Thus, this appeal focuses on whether the trial…