Topics

• Case Law Update:
  • Bahri v IDS Prop Cas Ins Co, 308 Mich App 420 (2014)
  • Shelton v Auto-Owners Ins Co, 318 Mich App 648 (2017)
  • Haydaw v Farm Bureau Ins Co, 332 Mich App 719 (2020)

• Trending topics in PIP Litigation
  • Michigan No-Fault Reform - Priority Coverage

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Amber Rouse Holloway, Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Mark F. Masters, Senior Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Topics

• Case Law Update:
  • Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company v Andrew Lynn Frantz, Docket No. 348917, issued March 11, 2021
  • Advance Pain Care (Baltimore) v Trumbull Ins Co, Docket No. 353991, issued May 13, 2021
  • Johnson v Geico Indemnity Company, Docket No. 351838, issued March 18, 2021

• Trending topics in PIP Litigation
  • Independent verification of loss required under the No-Fault Act

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Amber Rouse Holloway, Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Mark F. Masters, Senior Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Topics

• Case Law Update:
  • VHS of Michigan, Inc d/b/a The Detroit Medical Center v State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Docket No. 352881, issued April 1, 2021
  • Roskamp v Fremont Insurance Company, et al., Docket No. 348054, issued March 18, 2021
  • Physiatry and Rehab Associates v State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company, Docket No. 350826, issued April 1, 2021

• Trending topics in PIP Litigation
  • Michigan No-Fault Reform - Changes to Come in July 2021

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Amber Rouse Holloway, Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Kaitlynn M. Milroy, Partner

Secrest Wardle, Troy

Mark F. Masters, Senior Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Topics

• Case Law Update:
  • Michigan Spine & Brain Surgeons, PLLC v Citizens Insurance Company of the Midwest, Docket No. 350498, issued March 4, 2021
  • Jawad A Shah, MD, PC, d/b/a Insight Healing Center v State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Docket No. 353298, issued February 25, 2021

• Trending topics in PIP Litigation
  • Injured parties and "balance billings"

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Amber Rouse Holloway, Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Mark F. Masters, Senior Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Topics

• Case Law Update:
  • Michigan Spine & Brain Surgeons, PLLC v Home-Owners Insurance Company, Docket No. 349367, issued February 18, 2021
  • Roberts Orthopedic Services v Allstate Insurance Company, Docket No. 349786, issued February 4, 2021
  • Midwest Medical Associates, Inc. v Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Docket No. 348806, issued February 11, 2021

• Trending topics in PIP Litigation
  • The Scope of Chiropractic Practice Pursuant to MCL 333.16401 and MRIs

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Amber Rouse Holloway, Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Mark F. Masters, Senior Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Topics

• Case Law Update:
  • Estate of John Conforti, by Donna Conforti, Personal Representative v Stanley Webster Cornell and Metro Controls, Inc, Docket No. 348745, issued October 29, 2020
  • Hurley Medical Center v Farm Bureau and Michigan Assigned Claims, Docket No. 348364, issued November 24, 2020
  • Melrose v Nationwide, Docket No. 352843, issued October 22, 2020
  • Sterling Heights Pain Management, PLC v Farm Bureau General Insurance Company of Michigan, ___ Mich App ___; ___ NW2d ___ (2020), Docket No. 350979

• Trending topics in PIP Litigation
  • MAIPF Agrees That 2019 Changes to Order of Priority Took Immediate Effect

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Amber Rouse Holloway, Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Mark F. Masters, Senior Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Topics

• Case Law Update:
  • Covenant Medical Center, Inc v Farm Bureau, Docket No. 350645, issued November 24, 2020

  • Bronson Health Care Group, Inc v USAA Casualty Ins Co, et al., Docket No. 351050, issued December 10, 2020

  • El-Achkar v Sentinel Ins Co, Docket No. 348380, issued December 4, 2020

• Trending topics in PIP Litigation:
  • No-Fault Reform and the "One-Year-Back" Rule

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Amber Rouse Holloway, Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Mark F. Masters, Senior Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Topics

• Case Law Update:
  • Mullen v Progressive, Docket No. 350015, issued October 22, 2020
  • Advisacare Healthcare Solutions v Auto Owners Insurance Company, Docket No. 349756, issued October 15, 2020
  • Bahnam v Farm Bureau General Insurance Company, Docket No. 347638, issued October 15, 2020
  • Barnes, et al. v 21st Century Premier Insurance Company (CPIC), ___ Mich App ___; ___ NW2d ___ (2020)

• Trending topics in PIP Litigation:
  • Testimony of Biomechanical Engineers

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Amber Rouse Holloway, Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Mark F. Masters, Senior Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Topics

• Case Law Update

• • Spectrum Health v Farm Bureau, 347553 and 348440, issued 9-3-20

• • Griffin v Trumbull, 344272, issued 9-24-20

• • Southeast Mich. Surgical Hosp. v Auto Club, 348626, issued 7-2-20

• • Estate of Homrich v Selective Ins., 346583, issued 9-24-20

• Trending Topics in PIP Litigation

• • What is relevant to evaluating the reasonableness of charges

• • A change in priority defenses

• • What constitutes proper notice of a claim

• • Breakdown of recent case re comparative fault in 3rd party negligence cases

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Justin A. Grimske, Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Mark F. Masters, Senior Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Topics

• Case Law Update:
  • Farm Bureau v Hore, et al., Docket No. 347918, issued August 20, 2020

• • Banda-Tavarez v Elwood Staffing Services, Inc., et al., Docket No. 350022, issued August 20, 2020

• • Spectrum Health v Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Michigan, Docket No. 347553 and Docket No. 348440, issued September 3, 2020

• Trending topics in PIP Litigation:
  • Assignment of Future Benefits

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Amber Rouse Holloway, Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Mark F. Masters, Senior Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy