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Volume XIX, No. 38
12/19/07
  - New Shareholders
  - Monica Gregor Dressler
  - Social Security Offset
  - The Editor's Year End Message

Volume XIX, No. 37
12/12/07
  - Criminal Restitution Orders Can Impact
    Civil Liability
  - Resto Revisited and Assigned Claims Filings
  - Michigan Automobile No Fault Manual -
    January 2008

Volume XIX, No. 36
12/6/07
  - Business-Use Exclusions Enforceable Under
    the No Fault Act

Volume XIX, No. 35
11/15/07
  - Owned Vehicle Exclusion for UM Claim

Volume XIX, No. 34
11/13/07
  - Questions of Fact Existed as to Whether
    Property Damage to a Garage Occurred
    During the Course of a Vehicle Repair
    Business for Purposes of No Fault Property
    Protection Benefits

Volume XIX, No. 33
10/30/07
  - Insurer Allowed to Challenge Vehicle
    Ownership and Claimant's Entitlement to PIP
    Benefits
  - The Interesting Thing about Interest . . . And
    Tendering Policy Limits
  - Court of Appeals Again Determines that the
    Plaintiff Has Not Met the Serious Impairment
    of Body Function Threshold

Volume XIX, No. 32
10/25/07
  - The Scope of Residual Liability Insurance
    must be Determined by the Financial
    Responsibility Laws of the State Where
    the Injury Occurs

Volume XIX, No. 31
10/24/07
  - Medical Providers Must Be Licensed for
    Specific Services Rendered to Recover
    PIP Compensation

Volume XIX, No. 30
10/12/07
  - Sellers' Disclosure Does Create a Cause of
    Action for Innocent Misrepresentation in the
   Sale of a Home 
 - St. Louis and Kansas City Breakfast Seminars
 - The War

Volume XIX, No. 29
10/5/07
  - Recent Decision from Court of Appeals
    Increases Interest on Claims Against
    Insurance Companies

Volume XIX, No. 28
9/25/07
  - Michigan Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State
    Injuries
  - Harrington v Michigan Millers Mutual
    Insurance Company
  - No Fault Statutory Maximum
  - Super Lawyers

Volume XIX, No. 27
9/6/07
  - Indy Seminar
  - St. Louis Breakfast Seminar and
    Kansas City Breakfast Seminar
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar
  - Advanced Auto Insurance Course at LTU
  - Best Lawyers in America
  - Ken Klaus Announces His Retirement

Volume XIX, No. 26
8/27/07
  - Court of Appeals Clarifies Landlords
    Obligations for Slip and Falls and Invites
    Supreme Court Review
  - MCL 500.3116; Reimbursement and
    Indemnification: Tort Claim Arising from
    Accident Outside of Michigan
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar
  - Indy City Seminar
  - Advanced Auto Insurance Course at LTU

Volume XIX, No. 25
8/24/07
  - HIPAA and Discovery Requests for PIP Files
  - The Michigan Consumer Protection Act and
    Construction Claims
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar
  - Indy City Seminar
  - Advanced Auto Insurance Course at LTU

Volume XIX, No. 24
7/31/07
  - Hazardous Material Motor Carrier
    Property Damage Liability Exceeds
    $1,000,000 PPI No Fault Limits
  - Advanced Auto Insurance Course at LTU
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 23
7/30/07
  - Supreme Action on Pending No Fault Cases
  - Advanced Auto Insurance Course at LTU
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 22
7/03/07
  - Illegal Alien Update
  - No Fault Seminar - Indianapolis
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 21
6/20/07
  - Settlement Agreements - Get it in Writing
  - Circuit Court Addresses and Maps
  - No Fault Seminar - Indianapolis
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 20
6/7/07
  - Muci v State Farm Reversed! Michigan
    Supreme Court Holds That a No Fault Insurer
    Has Statutory Entitlement to an Independent
    Medical Evaluation and Conditions May Only
    Be Imposed Under Certain Circumstances
  - No Fault Seminar - Indianapolis
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 19
5/30/07
  - Michigan Supreme Court Agrees to Decide
    What Damages Are Recoverable under the
    Motor Vehicle Exception to Governmental
    Immunity
  - Basic No Fault Class Available on Webcast
  - No Fault Seminar - Indianapolis
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 18
5/25/07
  - Basic No Fault Class Available on Webcast
  - Allegation of Fraud Does Not Elude One Year
    Back Rule
  - No Fault Seminar - Indianapolis
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 17
5/16/07
  - Collateral Estoppel Based on Traffic Ticket
    Conviction May Influence Liability
    Determinations
  - Basic No Fault Class Available on Webcast
  - Fully Modified Home in Grand Rapids area
  - No Fault Seminar - Indianapolis
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 16
5/8/07
  - Medical Malpractice: Procedures for Court
    Submission of Affidavits of Merit from Other
    States: The Easy Way Is the Right Way
  - New Approach to Medicare Reimbursement
    under Part D
  - No Fault Benefits - Medical Mileage
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 15
4/25/07
 - Court of Appeals Publishes Significant
   Threshold Case Discussing Scarring, Closed
   Head Injuries and a Combination of Physical
   Injuries
 - Jury must Decide Whether the Impaired
   Plaintiff Penalty Bars the Claim of an Impaired
   Plaintiff Who Rides as the Passenger of an
   Intoxicated Driver
 - No Fault Course in Lansing

Volume XIX, No. 14
4/9/07
  - Loss of 25% Grip Strength Is Not a Serious
    Impairment
  - Grand Rapids Spring Breakfast Seminar
  - No Fault Course in Lansing

Volume XIX, No. 13
4/3/07
  - PIP Carrier May Properly Suspend Benefits
    When Claimant Repeatedly Breaches
    Statutory Duty to Submit to IMEs
  - Grand Rapids Spring Breakfast Seminar
  - No Fault Course in Lansing
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 12
3/20/07
  - Court of Appeals Rules That Apartment
    Parking Lots Constitute Common Areas
    Subject to the Statutory Duty to Maintain
  - Grand Rapids Spring Breakfast Seminar
  - No Fault Course in Lansing
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 11
3/19/07  RELATED ATTACHMENT
  - Declaratory Judgment by Trial Court Cannot
    Supplant Jury Submissable Issue as to What
    Benefits Are Reasonable and Necessary
  - Trial Court Finds Treatment by TBCI, P.C. to
    be Without Scientific or Medical Validity
  - Grand Rapids Spring Breakfast Seminar
  - No Fault Course in Lansing
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 10
3/5/07
 - Surveillance Video Admissible
 - Employers Stand in Higher Priority than
   Resident Relatives for Purposes of MCL
   500.3114
 - Summary of Michigan Law on UM/UIM
   Coverages Now Available
 - Buckeye Seminar
 - Grand Rapids Spring Breakfast Seminar
 - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 9
3/1/07
  - Owner/Operator Truck Driver Entitled to No
    Fault Benefits from Insurer of Trucking
    Company
  - Applying the Michigan No Fault Threshold in
    Ohio? Can it Actually Happen?
  - Buckeye Seminar
  - Grand Rapids Spring Breakfast Seminar
  - Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 8
2/19/07
  - Court of Appeals Holds That an Issue of
    Fact Existed Regarding Whether Plaintiff's
    Claim for PIP Benefits Was Barred by the
    One Year Back Rule Because of the Billing
    Arrangement Between the Parties
  - Last Call for Lansing Breakfast Seminar
  - Buckeye Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 7
2/19/07  RELATED
 - Legal Obligation to Insure a Motor Vehicle -
 Owner or Registrant - Exclusion under 3113(b)
 - Lansing Breakfast Seminar
 - Buckeye Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 6
2/12/07
  -  Court of Appeals Again Addresses Payment
     Issues for Chiropractic Care
  - Supreme Court to Address Whether
    Contractual Limitations Period Is Tolled by
    Insurer's Review and When Doctrines of
    Waiver or Estoppel Might Apply
  - Lansing Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 5
2/9/07
  - No Fault Claims Handling
  - Lansing Breakfast Seminar

Volume XIX, No. 4
1/31/07
  - MCCA - Amendment to Plan of Operation
    Insurance Commissioner Bulletin
  - Court of Appeals Distinguishes Rakestraw
    in Case Involving Aggravation of Pre-Existing,
    Work-Related Condition

Volume XIX, No. 3
1/24/07
  - The Court of Appeals Suggests That
     Priority May No Longer Be a Defense
     for Insurers
  - Breakfast Seminar in Lansing

Volume XIX, No. 2
1/15/07
 - The Michigan Court of Appeals Interprets and
   Expands MCR 2.507(G) on Settlement
   Agreements
 - Breakfast Seminar in Lansing

Volume XIX, No. 1
01/12/07
  - Accidental Damage to an Insured Vehicle in
    the  Course of the Business of Maintaining
    That Vehicle Does Not Mandate Payment
    of PPI Benefits
  - Social Security Setoffs
  - Breakfast Seminar in Lansing

Volume XVIII, No. 56
12/11/06
  - A No Fault Action Couched in Fraud Terms is
    Still a No Fault Action According to the
    Michigan Court of Appeals
  - The Open and Obvious Danger Doctrine May
    Require that an Invitee Take Action to Avoid
    Certain Dangers
  - Court Rules that Causation of Plaintiff's Need
    for Attendant Care is a Jury Question

Volume XVIII, No. 55
11/30/06
  - Claimant Living at Inpatient Facility Found to
    be Resident of his Father's Home for
    Purposes of PIP Coverage
  - Court Rejects "Quasi-Spousal" Relationship
    and Rules That a Live-In Companion Does Not
    Constitute a Family Member for Purposes of
    Determining Consent to Drive Vehicle

Volume XVIII, No. 54
11/29/06
  - GLM's Commercial Practice Group Prevails
    in Federal Anti-Trust Matter
  - The Innocent Co-Insured Doctrine
  - Landlord's Duty Regarding Removal of Ice
    and Snow Clarified
  - GLM Announcements

Volume XVIII, No. 53
11/27/06
  - Court of Appeals Upholds Extended View
    for "Involvement" of a Motor Vehicle
  - Venue - First-Party Suits for No Fault PIP,
    UM or UIM Benefits Governed by the Venue
    Statute Applicable to Contract Actions

Volume XVIII, No. 52
11/22/06
   - No Fault - First Responder Fees from
     Municipalities
   - New Electronic Discovery Practice Group
   - Breakfast Seminar in Lansing

Volume XVIII, No. 51
11/13/06
  - Court of Appeals Holds That When the
    Primary Relationship Between a Corporation
    and its Resident Is One of Landlord and
    Tenant, the Resident Cannot Be Deemed a
    Resident Ward of the Corporation for
    Purposes of PIP Benefits
  - Breakfast Seminar in Lansing

Volume XVIII, No. 50
11/9/06
 -  Court of Appeals Ordered to Reexamine
    Minority/Insanity Tolling Provision in Light
    of Supreme Court's Cameron Decision
 - Court of Appeals Tightens up Bystander
   Recovery Doctrine
 - Questions of Fact Means No Directed Verdict
   as to a Closed Head Injury
 - Breakfast Seminar in Lansing

Volume XVIII, No. 49
11/3/06
  - Workers’ Compensation Alert: Court of
    Appeals Decides Remand of Stokes v
    DaimlerChrysler, Clarifying Definition of
    Disability and Discovery Practice in Workers’
    Compensation Claims
  - Michigan Court of Appeal - Court Holds That
    Equitable Considerations (Laches) Should Not
    Be Applied in Interpreting MCL 500.3145
  - Breakfast Seminar in Lansing

 

Volume XVIII, No. 48
10/30/06
  - Michigan Court of Appeals Issues Two
    Unpublished Decisions Regarding
    Housing Accommodations
  - Breakfast Seminar in Lansing

Volume XVIII, No. 47
10/26/06
 - Court of Appeals Broadens Scope of
   "Common Work Area" Exception

Volume XVIII, No. 46
10/25/06  RELATED ARTICLE
  - Court of Appeals Applies Two-Part Bryant
    Test for Determining Whether a Claim Sounds
    in Medical Malpractice or Mere Ordinary
    Negligence
  - Breakfast Seminar in Lansing

Volume XVIII, No. 45
10/18/06
  - Illegal Alien Update
  - Social Security Setoff

Volume XVIII, No. 44
10/10/06
  - Formal "Billing" of Family - Provided
    Attendant Care Not Essential to Meet
    Requirement That Expenses Be "Incurred",
    Reaffirms Court of Appeals

Volume XVIII, No. 43
10/5/06
  - General Release Language on Settlement
    Check Binds Claimant, Even When All
    Potential Defendants Not Named

Volume XVIII, No. 42
10/3/06
  - Court of Appeals Holds That Where an Injury|
    Entirely Disrupts Person's General Ability To
    Lead Normal Life, Eventual Recovery from
    Injuries Does Not Affect Ability to Recover
    Tort Damages
  - No Fault Statutory Maximum

Volume XVIII, No. 41
9/28/06
  - Insurers Subject to One Year Statute of
    Limitations to Recover Benefits Mistakenly
    Paid from Other No Fault Insurer
  - No Fault Statutory Maximum
  - Windy City Seminar - October 9, 2006

Volume XVIII, No. 40
9/21/06
  - Oakland County Jury Rejects Demand to Pay
    Agency Rate to Family Members Providing
    Supervisory Care
  - Published Opinion Addresses "Objective
    Manifestation" Requirement Under No Fault
    Threshold
  - Windy City Seminar - October 9, 2006

Volume XVIII, No. 39
9/5/06
  - Last Call for No Fault Course
  - Transferring Ownership of a Vehicle
  - Indy Seminar Agenda
  - Windy City Seminar Agenda

Volume XVIII, No. 38
9/1/06
  - Baseball Spectator Claim Rejected
  - Indy Seminar Agenda
  - Windy City Seminar - October 9, 2006

Volume XVIII, No. 37
8/29/06
  - Grant v AAA Michigan (On Remand)
  - An exclusion for Intra-Family Tort Claims
  - The Registration and Certificate of Title
    Requirements for Motor Vehicles are not
    interchangeable
  - Indy Seminar Agenda

Volume XVIII, No. 36
8/23/06
  - Insurer Required to Pay Motorcyclist's No
    Fault Benefits Despite Not Having Issued a
    Policy Covering the Vehicle Involved in the
    Accident
  - Basics of No Fault - LTU
  - Indy Seminar - September 14, 2006
  - Windy City Seminar - October 9, 2006

Volume XVIII, No. 35
8/22/06
  - Court of Appeals Says Claimants must
    Specify Injury to Avoid Statute of Limitations
  - Basics of No Fault - LTU
  - Indy Seminar - September 14, 2006
  - Windy City Seminar - October 9, 2006

Volume XVIII, No. 34
8/21/06  Everage Opinion
  - Michigan Workers' Compensation Benefits
    and the "Traveling Employee" Doctrine
  - Motion for Summary Disposition Granted by
    Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Finding
    that "Joyriding" Precludes First Party No
    Fault Benefits Pursuant to MCL 500.3113(a)
  - Basics of No Fault - LTU
  - Indy Seminar - September 14, 2006
  - Windy City Seminar - October 9, 2006

Volume XVIII, No. 33
8/16/06
  -   The Effect of Acceptance of Case
      Evaluation in PIP Cases
   -  Basics of No Fault - LTU

Volume XVIII, No. 32
8/15/06
  - Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms That a
    Bicyclist Is Not a Pedestrian for Purposes
    of Uninsured Motorist Coverage
  - Basics of No Fault - LTU

Volume XVIII, No. 31
8/14/06
  - Visible Intoxication and Dram Shop Liability
  - Long Term Medical Care Does Not Pierce
    Threshold
 -  Basics of No Fault - LTU

Volume XVIII, No. 30
8/9/06
 - No Fault - Maintenance of a Motor Vehicle -
   Coverage
 - Basics of No Fault - LTU

LaPorte Transcript

Volume XVIII, No. 29
7/28/06
  - Cameron Decided!

Volume XVIII, No. 28
6/28/06
  - Safeguards for Insurance Companies When
    Purchasing Vehicles for Catastrophically
    Injured Insureds
  - No Fault Class Offered at Lawrence Tech
    University

Volume XVIII, No. 27
6/15/06
  - Provider Barred from Bringing Subsequent
    Suit When it Failed to Intervene in Original
    PIP Claim
  - Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Troy Breakfast
     Seminar

Volume XVIII, No. 26
6/9/06
  - Plaintiff's Decision to Ride with a Visibly
     Impaired Driver Does Not Entitle
     Defendant to Summary Disposition Under
     the Impaired Plaintiff Penalty, MCL
     § 600.2955a(1)
  - Workers Compensation Alert: Supreme
    Court Issues Stay of WCAC Decision in
    Stokes V Daimler Chrysler
  - June 27, 2006 Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XVIII, No. 25
5/25/06
  - Oakland County Jury Rejects Claim for 24
    Hour Attendant Care at $25.00 per Hour

Volume XVIII, No. 24
5/22/06
  - Sereboff v Mid Atlantic; The United States
    Supreme Court Clarifies ERISA Plan's Right
    to Reimbursement

Volume XVIII, No. 23
5/8/06
  - U.S. Supreme Court Limits Medicaid Liens
  - Grand Rapids Spring Breakfast Seminar
  -  Troy Breakfast Seminar

Volume XVIII, No. 22
5/2/06
  - RJA Tolling Provisions are not applicable to
    loses occurring prior to 10/1/1993, for
    expenses incurred after that date.
  - Court invokes transportational function test in
    denying claim for no fault benefits.
  - Church entitled to summary disposition
    against slip and fall claimant based on lack of
    notice of alleged condition.

Volume XVIII, No. 21
4/18/06
  - MCLA 500.3114(4)(b) is analyzed

Volume XVIII, No. 20
4/7/06
  - Ski Area Safety Act
    Barrett v Mt Brighton Reversed

Volume XVIII, No. 19
4/6/06
  - Court of Appeals awards attorney fees to
    defendant despite verdict over $40,000,
    reverses trial court's attorney fee award to
    plaintiff.

Volume XVIII, No. 18
4/5/06
  - Insurer allowed to rescind insurance policy as
    a result of misrepresentations concerning
    state where vehicle located and used

Volume XVIII, No. 17
3/31/06
  - Wife excluded from claiming no fault benefits
    where she had a right to use husband's
    uninsured motor vehicle for more than 30 days

Volume XVIII, No. 16
3/23/06
  - Michigan Court of Appeals finds no judicial or
    equitable tolling of the No Fault Act's one year
    statute of limitations

Volume XVIII, No. 15
3/22/06
  - Michigan Court of Appeals affirms dismissal
    of case based on plaintiff's execution of a
    release and waiver of liability in accordance
    with the Equine Activity Liability Act
  - Michigan Court of Appeals examines
    residency in the context of uninsured motorist
    provision.
  - Joyriding precludes first party no fault benefits
  - Third party insurer not entitled to repayment
    where insurer of same priority rescinds
    coverage.
  - No fault coverage imputed to insurer of U-Haul
    truck.

Volume XVIII, No.14
3/15/06
  - Wayne County jury rejects the necessity and
    reasonableness of plaintiff's claim for family
    provided attendant care benefits.

Volume XVIII, No. 13
3/14/06
  - Michigan Court of Appeals discusses
    domicile in no fault context
  - Michigan Court of Appeals finds no
    reasonable reliance on the claimed
    misrepresentation in a home sale brochure

Volume XVIII, No.12
3/10/06
  - CHI diagnosis avoids threshold
  - Michigan resident truck driver not entitled to
    first party no fault benefits

Volume XVIII, No. 11
3/3/06
  - UIM insurer not required to consent to
    settlement between its insured and a
    third-party tortfeasor
  - Factual questions abound as to parents' duty
    to control their child and third party's ability to
    rely on the rescue doctrine

Volume XVIII, No. 10
3/2/06
  - Michigan Court of Appeals decision attacks
    McKenzie's "transportational function" test -
    reversal likely?

Volume XVIII, No. 9
2/20/06
  - Ski Area Safety Act
  - GLM Announces its first 2006 Michigan
    No Fault and Workers Compensation
    seminars for St. Louis and Kansas City

Volume XVIII, No. 8
2/17/06
  - Michigan Supreme Court declines to grant
    review in auto policy intentional act exclusion
    case
  - Trial court awards large attorney fee to insurer

Volume XVIII, No. 7
2/7/06
  - Assigned claims insurer may be liable for
    penalty attorney fees even if a higher priority
    insurer is identified.
  - Admiralty law: Passenger vessel personal
    injury claims.

Volume XVIII, No. 6
2/3/06
  - Michigan Court of Appeals affirms that statute
    of limitations involving minors and
    incompetent persons is not tolled by the
    revised judicature act.

Volume XVIII, No. 5
1/30/06
  - Michigan Court of Appeals applies subjective
    analysis to determine whether a modified
    vehicle is an allowable expense
  - U.S. District Court rejects claim for room and
    board, utilities, phone service, cellular phone
    service, internet access and cleaning.
  - Michigan Supreme Court holds the line on
    serious impairment

Volume XVIII, No. 4
1/26/06
  - Court of Appeals finds exception to Open and
    Obvious Doctrine without relying on "open
    aspect" analysis.

Volume XVIII, No. 3
1/23/06
  - Court of Appeals upholds 30 day written
    notice requirement in uninsured motorist
    policy.
  - Equitable estoppel does not bar application of
    the statute of limitations applicable to
    property protection claims when defendant
    admits liability but does not induce plaintiff to
    forestall filing suit.

Volume XVIII, No. 2
1/12/06
  - Upcoming seminars in Columbus Ohio,
    St. Louis Missouri and Kansas City Missouri.

Volume XVIII, No. 1
1/9/06
  - Court of Appeals holds that filing a
    voluntary certificate does not necessarily
    afford Michigan courts personal jurisdiction
    over Canadian insurance companies on a
    claim for unidentified motorist benefits.
  - New Court of Appeals opinion focusing on
    contract security companies in the premises
    liability arena.
  - Court of Appeals awards work-loss benefits to
    the sole shareholder of an unprofitable
    business.

Volume XVII, No. 56
12/27/05
  - Michigan Insurance Commissioner reacts to
    one-year statute of limitations in uninsured /
    underinsured motorist endorsement.
  - Occupant of vehicle not entitled to
     underinsured motorist benefits under policy
     after hit and run with unidentified driver.

Volume XVII, No. 54
12/12/05
  - Michigan Court of Appeals enforces one
     year contractual limitation claim period in
     uninsured motorist policy.

Volume XVII, No. 53
11/22/05
  - Update on the impaired plaintiff penalty  -

Volume XVII, No. 52
11/21/05
  - An ice covered parking lot is an open and
    obvious danger, but is also deemed to be
    effectively unavoidable

Volume XVII, No. 51
11/7/05
  - Ex parte interviews of treating doctors
    disallowed without formal waiver by patient

Volume XVII, No. 50
11/3/05
  -  Multiple insurers can be in the highest
      priority to share liability for PIP benefits.

Volume XVII, No. 49
10/12/05
  - Michigan Court of Appeals strictly limits the
    "Joyriding Family Members Exemption" to
    No Fault Act Unlawful Taking Exclusion  

Volume XVII, No. 48
10/7/05
  - Property protection insurance: no duty to
    anticipate claims

Volume XVII, No. 47
9/30/05
  - The resurgence of the "Wrongful
    Conduct Rule"

Volume XVII., No. 46
9/29/05
  - Michigan Court of Appeals holds that
    whiplash injury may satisfy No Fault
    threshold

Volume XVII., No. 45
9/26/05
  - Michigan Court of Appeals finds No Fault
    coverage for a non-resident spouse.
  - Employer may be named as non party at
     fault

Volume XVII., No. 44
9/13/05
  -  Medical care provided by OHIP is not
     considered an "incurred" medical
     expense under MCL 500.3107.

Volume XVII., No. 43
9/6/05
  - Fraudulent PIP submission voids UM claim

Volume XVII., No 42
9/1/05
  - Michigan Supreme Court clarifies analysis
    of employee / independent contractor status

Volume XVII., No 41
8/29/05
  - GLM's Equine Law Dept. tackles liability
     issues related to horses and large animals
 
Volume XVII., No. 40
8/23/05
  - Trial Result: No Fault Case in
    Oakland County Circuit Court
    Click here for related information
 
Volume XVII, No. 39
8/16/05
  - Appeals Court affirms six year statute of
     limitations for claims between no fault
     insurers in same order of priority.

Volume XVII, No. 38
8/11/05
  - Effective date of Federal Transportation Bill

Volume XVII, No. 37
8/9/05
  - Court of Appeals imposes conditions to
     independent medical examination in a
     no fault case
  - Unintentional act may constitute
     provocation under dog bite statute
  - Revisiting Griffith v State Farm - does it
    also provide help in defending third-party
    claims

Volume XVII, No. 36
8/8/05
  - Appellate courts recognize and apply
     higher Kreiner threshold.
  - No summary disposition on comparative
    fault when intoxicated pedestrian struck
    by speeding driver

Volume XVII, No. 35
8/5/05
  - Transportation bill nullifies tort liability for
    owners of leased and rental vehicles

Volume XVII, No. 34
8/4/05
  - One year contractual claim period  in
     uninsured motorist policy is enforceable

Volume XVII, No. 33
8/2/05
  - One year statute of limitations not tolled by
     insurer's review; DeVillers overrules Lewis.

Volume XVII, No. 32
7/29/05
  - Court of Appeals identifies new
     coordination of benefits issue in
     it's first post-Jarrad decision
  - Advanced seminar for motor carriers and
     their insurers Sept. 8th in Grand Rapids
  - Update on interest rate and damages cap

Volume XVII, No. 31
7/18/05
  - Last call: special seminar in Lansing

Volume XVII, No. 30
7/12/05
  - Michigan Supreme Court reverses
    Kenny v. Kaatz

Volume XVII, No. 29
7/1/05
  - General release may bar first party claim

Volume XVII, No. 28
6/23/05
  - Non-certifying, self-insured, out-of-state
     truck owner is liable in tort for economic
     damages paid by a no fault insurer

Volume XVII, No. 27
6/16/05
  - Supreme Court strikes down no fault claim
     for "room and board" expenses

Volume XVII, No. 26
6/13/05
  - Black ice, not under snow, deemed to be
    open and obvious
  - Court of Appeals requires proof of intent
     to defraud when plaintiff claims she was not
     informed of right to attendant care
  - Court of appeals broadens definition of
     formal denial of benefits, tightens statute of
     limitations on PIP claims

Volume XVII, No. 25
6/15/05
  - Six year statute of limitations applies to
     claim for uninsured motorist benefits

Volume XVII, No. 24
6/1/05
  - Update on serious impairment after
     Kreiner and Straub

Volume XVII, No. 23
5/27/05
  - Lawsuit as first notice - policy conditions

Volume XVII, No. 22
5/25/05
  - Cancellation of automobile policy valid
     where insured fails to demonstrate timely
     payment of premium
  - Uninsured motorist insurer may set off
    amounts received by guaranty association
    for insolvent insurer of alleged tortfesor
  - Agenda for June 7th Troy seminar

Volume XVII, No. 21
5/20/05
  - Residual contribution claims after tort
    reform: the GKAV case

Volume XVII, No. 20
5/19/05
  - Doctors' restrictions vs. self-imposed
    restrictions on activity: sufficient to create a
    question of fact on residual impairment?

Volume XVII, No. 19
5/16/05
  - The viability of Criminal Acts /
     Intentional Acts exclusions in
     automobile policies

Volume XVII, No. 18
5/13/05
  - High-low agreements may have to be
    disclosed to the jury

Volume XVII, No. 17
5/9/05
  - No Fault wage loss - coordination -
    disability plan

Volume XVII, No. 16
5/4/05
 - Court of Appeals upholds "Cooperation
   Clause", leaving judgment creditor plaintiff
   without source of recovery from liability
   insurer
 - Employer's motor vehicle insurer in higher
   priority even if vehicle not used for
   employment

Volume XVII, No. 15
5/2/05
  - Can an illegal alien be domiciled in
     Michigan?

Volume XVII, No. 14
4/25/05
  - Recent Supreme Court decisions regarding
    serious impairment
  - Latest ruling on No Fault priority disputes
     between insurers of personal vehicles and
     insurers of employer owned vehicles

Volume XVII, No. 13
4/20/05
  - Combination no fault / premises liability
     action resolved in favor of defendants

Volume XVII, No. 12
4/1/05
  - Michigan law regarding continuation of
    medical treatment for the disabled

Volume XVII, No. 11
3/23/05
  - After Rakestraw: Determining medically
     distinguishable conditions

Volume XVII, No. 10
3/18/05
  - Ex Parte interviews of treating doctors
   after HIPAA

Volume XVII, No. 9
3/9/05
  - Supreme Court affirms insurers right to audit medical bills

Volume XVII, No. 8
2/24/05
  - New developments in the taxation of
    employment related damages
  - Illegal aliens - entitled to benefits?

Volume XVII, No. 7
2/21/05
 - Material misrepresentation in application
    for automobile policy continues to justify
   reformation to minimum liability limits
 - Automobile insurance cancellation notice
   under the Michigan No Fault Act

Volume XVII, No. 6
2/18/05
  - Kreiner distinguished by Court of Appeals
  - Residual liability insurance - intentional act -
    coverage - no fault

Volume XVII, No. 5
2/16/05
  - Premises liability; open and obvious,
    "black ice"

Volume XVII, No. 4
2/14/05
  - Medicare / Medicaid

Volume XVII, No. 3
2/10/05
  - Supreme Court determines that litigation
    surveillance does not violate anti-stalking
    laws 

Volume XVII, No. 2
2/3/05
  - Michigan Court of Appeals issues to
    Medical Malpractice opinions
  - Michigan Supreme Court rules that
    appellate costs and attorney fees are not
    recoverable as case evaluation sanctions

Volume XVII, No. 1
1/10/05  Related publication
  - Dan Saylor recognized by Michigan
     Lawyers Weekly as one of the state's top
     attorneys.
 
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