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REDNOUR v. HASTINGS MUT. INS. CO.

No. 119187, Calendar No. 4.

661 N.W.2d 562 (2003)

Nickolas REDNOUR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HASTINGS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 30, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Logeman, Iafrate, Januszewski & Pollard, P.C. by Robert E. Logeman and James A. Iafrate, Ann Arbor, for plaintiff-appellee.

Keith P. Felty, Bingham Farms, and Collins, Einhorn, Farrell & Ulanoff, P.C. by J. Mark Cooney, Southfield, for defendant-appellant.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, C.J.

We granted leave to appeal to consider the proper definition of the word "occupying" in the no-fault automobile-insurance policy at issue in this case. We hold that plaintiff was not "occupying" the vehicle as that term is defined in the policy because he was outside the vehicle and approximately six inches from it when the other automobile struck him. We thus reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the trial court...

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