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CERVANTES v. FARM BUREAU GEN. INS. CO.

Docket Nos. 259850, 258851, 260459, 260460.

726 N.W.2d 73 (2006)

272 Mich. App. 410

Claudia CERVANTES, Plaintiff, and Leonila Robles-Macias, Etelbina Robles-Macias, Fidel Martinez, Joel Martinez, Borgess Medical Center and Trinity Health-Michigan, d/b/a Battle Creek Health Systems, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Farmers Insurance Exchange, Intervening-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FARM BUREAU GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF MICHIGAN, Defendant-Appellant, and Founders Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee, and Founders Insurance Company of Michigan, North Pointe Insurance Company, and Michael D'Anthony Davis, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Released for Publication January 17, 2007.

Decided October 12, 2006, at 9:05 a.m.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry F. LaKritz, P.C. (by Margaret L. Browning), Bloomfield Hills, for Etelbina Robles-Macias, Leonila Robles-Macias, Fidel Martinez, and Joel Martinez.

Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, P.L.C. (by Stephen R. Ryan and D. Andrew Portinga), Grand Rapids, for Borgess Medical Center and Trinity Health-Michigan.

Worsfold Macfarlane McDonald, P.L.L.C. (by David M. Pierangeli), Grand Rapids, for Farmers Insurance Exchange.

Nemier Tolari Landry Mazzeo & Johnson, PC (by Nancy Vayda Dembinski), Farmington Hills, for Founders Insurance Company.

Jonathan Shove Damon, Grand Rapids, for Farm Bureau General Insurance Company.

Before: FORT HOOD, P.J., and BANDSTRA and DONOFRIO, JJ.

BANDSTRA, J.

Defendant Farm Bureau General Insurance Company of Michigan appeals by leave granted the trial court's orders denying its motions for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(10). We conclude that being an illegal alien does not automatically disqualify a person from being "domiciled" in a Michigan household for purposes of MCL 500.3114(1). We affirm.

In April 2003, plaintiffs Leonila Robles-Macias, Etelbina Robles-Macias, Fidel Martinez, and Joel...

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