Greater Flint HMO v. Allstate Insurance

Allstate Insurance Company appeals as of right a circuit court order granting summary disposition under MCR 2.116(0(10) as to the third-party defendants, Mid-Century Insurance Company and the National Ben Franklin Insurance Company. We reverse.

A brief recitation of the facts and procedure below is helpful. On Sunday afternoon, August 26, 1984, an unidentified semitrailer truck traveled into the left-hand lane of southbound 1-75 at the Zilwaukee Bridge in Saginaw. This maneuver forced the vehicle behind the truck to suddenly stop. An unidentified driver in the chain of trafile was unable to…