MacDONALD v. STATE FARM INS. CO.

Docket No. 68139, (Calendar No. 6).

419 Mich. 146 (1984)

350 N.W.2d 233

MacDONALD v. STATE FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robb, Dettmer, Messing & Thompson, P.C. (by George R. Thompson), for the plaintiff.

Willingham, Cote, Hanslovsky, Griffith & Foresman, P.C. (by Frederick M. Baker, Jr.), for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Dickinson, Mourad, Brandt, Hanlon & Becker (by Daniel R. Siefer) for Auto Club Insurance Association.

Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Erlich, Rosen & Bartnick (by Richard E. Shaw) for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.


Decided June 25, 1984. Rehearing denied post, 1213.

BRICKLEY, J.

This case presents the question whether a person receiving work-loss benefits under the no-fault act, MCL 500.3101 et seq.; MSA 24.13101 et seq., may continue to receive those benefits despite having suffered an unrelated heart attack which independently renders the person unable to work. The Court of Appeals held that statutory entitlement to work-loss benefits continued in such...

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