AMER. NAT. FIRE INS. CO. v. FRANKENMUTH MUTUAL INS. CO.

Docket No. 135663.

199 Mich. App. 202 (1993)

501 N.W.2d 237

AMERICAN NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. FRANKENMUTH MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 5, 1993, at 10:50 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz, P.C. (by Leonard B. Schwartz and Patrick Burkett), for the plaintiff.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker, P.C. (by James L. Borin and Robert D. Goldstein), for the defendant.

Before: SHEPHERD, P.J., and BRENNAN and L.P. BORRELLO, JJ.


SHEPHERD, P.J.

This case involves a dispute between two insurance companies over sharing the costs of defense and settlement in an underlying wrongful death action arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff, American National Fire Insurance Company, undertook the defense of the underlying action and paid $300,000 in settlement. Plaintiff then sought to recoup a proportionate share of the settlement and defense costs from defendant, Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance...

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