Lockridge v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

I respectfully dissent and would reverse the trial court’s ruling.

Defendant moved for partial summary disposition regarding the work-loss benefits claim, contending that plaintiff’s continued acceptance of worker’s compensation disability benefits until May 1996, well after the automobile accident, constituted an admission on his behalf that he continued to be disabled because of his work-related injury. The trial court granted the motion, essentially ruling that plaintiff had suffered no wage loss because he was collecting worker’s compensation disability benefits and had not attempted to…