BYER v. SMITH

Docket Nos. 71113, 71229, (Calendar Nos. 10, 11).

419 Mich. 541 (1984)

357 N.W.2d 644

BYER v. SMITH INCARNATI v. SAVAGE

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued April 5, 1984.

Decided November 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Erlich, Rosen & Bartnick (by Richard E. Shaw) for plaintiff Byer.

Glime, Daoust, Wilds, Rusing & Widlak (by George S. Cabot) for defendant Smith.

Dice, Sweeney, Sullivan, Feikens, Hurbis & Foster, P.C. (by Jack E. VanderMale), for plaintiff Incarnati.

Dickinson, Mourad, Brandt, Hanlon & Becker (by Charles T. McCutcheon, Jr.); Gromek, Bendure & Thomas (by John A. Lydick), of counsel, for defendant Savage.


LEVIN, J.

The no-fault automobile liability act abolishes tort liability for noneconomic loss unless the physical injury is as severe as death, permanent serious disfigurement, or serious impairment of body function.1 The question presented is whether a person who is seriously impaired in body function may recover damages for pain and suffering and other sequelae of the injury after the impairment...

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