Parks v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange

Plaintiff, Wayne Parks, an employee of defendant Roadway Express, Inc., a foreign corporation, was injured on March 13, 1981, while working inside a trailer owned by Roadway, unloading a box from the floor of that trailer, which was parked at Roadway’s Muskegon terminal. At the time of the injury, Roadway was a self-insurer certified by the Michigan Department of State, and defendant Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange (DAIIE) was the no-fault insurer of plaintiffs personal automobile. Roadway and DAIIE refused to pay plaintiff personal protection insurance benefits, and plaintiff…