GREAT AMERICAN INS. CO. v. QUEEN

Docket No. 62185, (Calendar No. 6).

410 Mich. 73 (1980)

300 N.W.2d 895

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY v. QUEEN

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Campbell & Moesta, P.C., for plaintiff.

Freedman, Krochmal & Colman for defendant Queen.

Conklin, Maloney & Loesch (Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk & Pedersen, by John P. Jacobs, of counsel) for defendant Moore.

Davidson, Gotshall, Kohl, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch & Clark (by Randall D. Bryant) for defendant Hughes.


LEVIN, J.

The issue is whether an employer's or insurer's right under the workers' compensation act to be reimbursed out of any tort recovery by an employee from a third party in respect to the same injury which gave rise to the obligation to pay workers' compensation benefits is modified by the provisions of the no-fault motor vehicle liability act.

We conclude that since the insurer in the instant case seeks reimbursement for payments which substituted for...

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