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STOCKDALE v. JAMISON

Docket Nos. 66163-66165. (Calendar No. 2).

416 Mich. 217 (1982)

330 N.W.2d 389

STOCKDALE v. JAMISON

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ripple, Chambers & Steiner, P.C. (by John F. Chambers), and Ford, Whitney & Schulz (by Isaac Schulz) for the plaintiffs.

Willingham, Cote, Hanslovsky, Griffith & Foresman, P.C. (by John L. Cote and Frederick M. Baker, Jr.), for Farm Bureau Insurance Group.

Amici Curiae:

Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, P.C. (by Paul B. Hynes), for Farmers Insurance Group.

Eggenberger, Eggenberger, McKinney & Weber, P.C. (by William D. Eggenberger), for State Farm Automobile Insurance Company.

LEVIN, J.

The question presented is whether persons who suffered injuries as a result of an automobile accident and who obtained a default judgment against the driver of the other automobile and an assignment of his claim against his insurer for failing to defend the action may recover from the insurer the amount of the default judgment, albeit in excess of the policy limits.

The plaintiffs, as injured persons, have...

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