Rohlman v. Hawkeye-Security Insurance

In this case the plaintiff victim was struck by a hit-and-run driver in an out-of-state automobile accident while attending to a two-wheel trailer that had become detached from the vehicle he had just exited. The case presents a number of issues, not all of which are sufficiently developed for decision by this Court.

Essentially, plaintiff’s recovery of personal injury protection no-fault benefits and uninsured motorist benefits is dependent on an interpretation of the term "occupant” as it appears in the no-fault statute, MCL 500.3101 et seq.; MSA 24.13101 et seq., and "occupying” as it is…