Sentry Security Systems, Inc v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange

Memorandum Opinion. The factual background for this case is reported at 56 Mich App 182; 223 NW2d 708 (1974). We grant leave to appeal and peremptorily, under GCR 1963, 865.1(7), reverse the Court of Appeals and remand to the trial court for the entry of a judgment declaring that the policy of insurance issued by the defendant company does not provide non-owned automobile insurance coverage to a corporate named insured.

Under the policy of insurance, liability coverage with respect to non-owned automobiles applies as to the "named insured” only if he is an "individual”.

The plaintiff…