Case Law Update

•             Asia Davis v Timothy Gary English and Allstate Insurance Company and VHS of Michigan, Inc. d/b/a Detroit Medical Center, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued July 10, 2025 (Docket No. 368835)

•             Bronson Health Care Group, Inc. and Alfredo Z. Estrada v Progressive Michigan Insurance Company, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued July 23, 2025 (Docket No. 368835)

Trending Topics in PIP Litigation

•             Notice Requirement of Injuries and MCL 500.3145

•             Hoover Physical Therapy, LLC and Medical Direct Transportation, LLC v Amerisure Insurance Company and Barry 365 Day Transport, LLC, et al., unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued July 22, 2025 (Docket Nos. 371228 and 371229)

Case Law Update

•          John Davis, as Next Friend of FD, HD, and ID, minors v Auto Club Insurance Association and Citizens Insurance Company of the Midwest, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued June 23, 2025 (Docket No. 370748)

•          C-Spine Orthopedics PLLC v Progressive Michigan Insurance Company (Docket No. 165537-8); Parie Wallace and Affiliated Diagnostic of Oakland and One Step Rehab LLC v Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation and Janet Szczotka (Docket No. 165964), decided July 3, 2025, by the Michigan Supreme Court

Trending Topics in PIP Litigation

•          Fraud and the Filing of Candor Motions

•              Ronald Whigham and Citizens Pharmacy, ZMC Pharmacy LLC, and Pioneer Lab Houston, LP v Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan and James Williams, Jr., unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued June 23, 2025 (Docket No. 367404)

Case Law Update 

•             Ana Maria Sandoval v Farmers Insurance Exchange, Henry Ford Health System, and Valdimir Boshevski and Zurich American Insurance Company, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued May 9, 2025 (Docket No. 336116)

•             Michigan Head & Spine Institute, PC, and McLaren Macomb and Daniel Crane and Regents of the University of Michigan v Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, ___ Mich App ___ (May 15, 2025) (Docket No. 367681) 

Trending Topics in PIP Litigation 

•             Opt-Outs of PIP Coverage

•             Tiffany Carroll and Kayla Carroll v Progressive Michigan Insurance Company and Allstate Insurance Company, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued April 15, 2025 (Docket No. 366626)

Case Law Update 

•             Fremont Insurance Company v Lighthouse Outpatient Center and Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services, ___ Mich App ___ (April 11, 2025) (Docket No. 370500)

•             Diyaa Joseph and Healthcare Imaging Partners, et al. v National General Insurance Company, et al., ___ Mich App ___ (April 29, 2025) (Docket No. 364798)

Trending Topics in PIP Litigation 

•             DIFS Bulletin 2025-11-INS since the Fremont v Lighthouse Decision

•             Second Update on Auto-Owners Insurance Company, et al. v Department of Insurance and Financial Services (COC Docket No. 24-000152)

Case Law Update 

•             True Care Physical Therapy, PLLC v Auto Club Group Ins Co, ___ Mich App; ___ NW2d ___ (2023)

•             Spectrum Health Hospitals, et al. v Citizens Insurance Company, et al., unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued May 18, 2023 (Docket No. 362042)

 Trending Topics in PIP Litigation

      •             Testimony of Biomechanical Engineers

Case Law Update

•   VHS of Michigan v MAIPF, ___ Mich App ___ (2025) (Docket No. 368755) 

Trending Topics in PIP Litigation

• Employee v. Independent Contractor and the No-Fault Act

Case Law Update 

•             NuCare Therapy LLC v Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, ___ Mich App ___; ___ NW3d ___ (January 7, 2025) (Docket No. 366779) 

Trending Topics in PIP Litigation 

•             Unlawful Solicitation

Case Law Update

• Scott v EAN Holdings, LLC, et al., unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued November 20, 2024 (Docket No. 366706) (Plaintiff's insurer was represented by Secrest Wardle on appeal.)

Trending Topics in PIP Litigation

• Lack of Supervision in Controversial Laser Treatment

Case Law Discussion

• Payton v Meemic Insurance Company and Willie King, issued July 28, 2022 (Docket No. 357736)

Trending Topics in PIP Litigation

• Bakeman v Citizens Insurance Company of the Midwest, ___ Mich App ___ (2022) (Docket No. 357195)
• Great Lakes Pain & Injury Chiropractic Ctr., et al. v Farm Bureau Mut Ins Co of Michigan, issued July 28, 2022 (Docket No. 357702

Case Law Discussion •            Margot Parraghi v Edward Chodyniecki, et al., Docket No. 358829 (Mich Ct App, November 2, 2022) •            Michigan Spine & Brain Surgeons, PLLC v Home-Owners Insurance Company, Docket No. 349367, issued February 18, 2021 Trending Topics in PIP Litigation •            Reasonable Witness Fees for Treating Physicians •            Johnson v State Farm Mut Auto Ins Co, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued November 22, 2022 (Docket No. 355137)

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