Kruzel v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange

Once again we are asked to determine what are "work loss” benefits and "loss of income from work”, as those terms are used in MCL 500.3107(b); MSA 24.13107(b) of the Michigan no-fault insurance act. Specifically, is the amount which the employer was paying for an employee’s hospitalization insurance policy and which was paid by the employee while the employee was not working due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident, a work loss benefit. On March 16, 1982, the trial court answered this question in the affirmative. From that decision and order, defendant appeals by leave granted.

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