DYE v. ESURANCE PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS.

Docket No. 155784. Calendar No. 1

934 N.W.2d 674 (2019)

504 Mich. 167

Matthew DYE, BY his Guardian, SIPORIN & ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. ESURANCE PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant/Cross-Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and GEICO Indemnity Company, Defendant/Cross-Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and Priority Health, Defendant/Cross-Plaintiff/Appellee, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Logeman, Iafrate & Logeman, PC (by Robert E. Logeman ), Ann Arbor, for Matthew Dye.

Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook (by Christina A. Ginter and Marcy Tayler ), Detroit, for Esurance Property & Casualty Insurance Co.

Zausmer, August & Caldwell, PC (by Amy S. Applin ), Farmington Hills, for GEICO Indemnity Co.

Speaker Law Firm, PLLC (by Liisa R. Speaker and Jennifer M. Alberts ) for Amicus Curiae the Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault.

Hewson & Van Hellemont, PC (by Nicholas S. Ayoub ) for Amicus Curiae Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.

Plunkett Cooney (by Robert G. Kamenec and Josephine A. DeLorenzo ) for Amicus Curiae the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.

Anselmi Mierzejewski Ruth & Sowle PC (by Michael D. Phillips ) for Amicus Curiae the Michigan Automobile Insurance Placement Facility.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH (except Cavanagh, J.)


OPINION

This case presents the significant question of whether an owner or registrant of a motor vehicle involved in an accident is excluded from receiving statutory no-fault insurance benefits under the no-fault act, MCL 500.3101 et seq., when someone other than an owner or registrant purchased no-fault insurance for...

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