DiFRANCO v. PICKARD

Docket Nos. 74692, 74867, 75263, 75299, 75811, (Calendar Nos. 6-10).

427 Mich. 32 (1986)

398 N.W.2d 896

DiFRANCO v. PICKARD BURK v. WARREN PAUPORE v. ROUSE KUCERA v. NORTON ROUTLEY v. DAULT

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Vandenbroucke for plaintiff DiFranco.

Philip C. Dean for plaintiff Burk.

Clancey & Price, P.C. (by Philip A. Clancey), for plaintiffs Paupore and Kucera.

Law Offices of Norman C. Halbower, P.C. (by James K. Oslund and Norman C. Halbower), for plaintiff Routley.

Lee E. Halsey for defendant Pickard.

Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis & Foster, P.C. (by C. Mark Hoover and Mark A. Bush), for defendant Warren.

Bensinger, Combs & Cotant, P.C. (by Richard G. Bensinger), for defendants Rouse and Johnson and (by Richard G. Bensinger and Michael Combs) for defendant Dault.

Read & Griffin (by Douglas J. Read); (Gromek, Bendure & Thomas, by Carl L. Gromek and Nancy L. Bosh, of counsel) for defendant Norton.

Amici Curiae:

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

Anderson, Hay & Wonch, P.C. (by Thomas H. Hay), for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.


Decided December 23, 1986. Rehearings denied in Burk, Kucera, and Routley, 428 Mich. 1206

CAVANAGH, J.

Section 3135(1) of Michigan's no-fault automobile insurance law1 permits a person injured in a motor vehicle accident to recover damages for noneconomic loss from a negligent owner or operator of a motor vehicle only if the person suffered death, serious impairment of body function, or permanent serious disfigurement:

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