SPALO v. A & G ENTERPRISES

Docket No. 86746, (Calendar No. 5).

437 Mich. 406 (1991)

471 N.W.2d 546

SPALO v. A & G ENTERPRISES.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond L. Krell, P.C. (by Derek A. Hurt), for the plaintiffs.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker, P.C. (by Mark C. Smiley, Thomas F. Myers, and Rosalind Rochkind), for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Kallas, Lower, Henk & Treado, P.C. (by Constantine N. Kallas), for Michigan Licensed Beverage Association, Michigan Licensed Beverage Association Limited Liability Pool, Bowling Centers Association of Michigan, Bowling Proprietors of Michigan Limited Liability Pool, North Pointe Insurance Company, First Security Insurance Company, and Sourceone Insurance Company.

John A. Braden for the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.


AFTER REMAND

GRIFFIN, J.

We are required to decide whether an action against a dramshop defendant arising from an automobile accident can be maintained after the allegedly intoxicated person has been dismissed from the suit because the plaintiff could not meet the no-fault tort liability threshold of "serious impairment of body function, or permanent serious disfigurement," MCL 500.3135(1); MSA 24.13135(1). We conclude that action against the dramshop defendant...

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