Johnston v. Hartford Insurance

Defendant, plaintiff’s no-fault insurer, appeals a July 29, 1982, order granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff on the question of whether a vehicle on which plaintiff was injured was a motor vehicle.

On appeal, plaintiff and defendant Hartford have stipulated to the following facts.

Robert Johnston was an employee of Detroit Crane on May 4, 1980. His job involved the operation of a mobile crane, a load-lifting device mounted on a truck chassis. The truck chassis had multiple wheels, was powered by an internal combustion engine, and was designed to be operated on the highway while in…