Secrest Wardle MI PIP Monthly

Case Law Update   •           Michigan Ambulatory Surgical Center and Phase One Rehab v Progressive Marathon Insurance Company, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued May 20, 2026 (Docket No. 373314) •           Zielinski v Auto-Owners Ins. Co., No. 371692, 2026 WL 1699526, at *1 (Mich Ct App June 11, 2026)   Trending Topics in PIP Litigation   •           Courts Reject App...

Case Law Update   •           Jawad A. Shah, P.C., Alliance Anesthesia, PLLC, Insight Anesthesia, PLLC and Insight Radiologists, P.C. v Auto Club Ins Assoc, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued April 20, 2026 (Docket No. 372543) •           MemberSelect Ins Co v Michael James Clancy, PR of the Estate of Connor James Clancy and Anthony Dwayne Magee and Debbie Magee, unpubl...

Case Law Update   •           Kermit Lamark Copeland v Allstate Ins Co, ___ Mich App___; ___ NW2d ___ (2026) (Docket No. 373748) •           Northland Radiology, Inc. v Allstate Fire and Casualty Ins Co, ___ Mich App ___; ___ NW2d ___ (2026) (Docket No. 374214)   Trending Topics in PIP Litigation   •           Equitable Rescission of a Policy •           Janice Sherman v Progressive Michigan Insur...

Case Law Update   •           Mary Free Bed Rehab Hosp v Esurance Prop and Cas Ins Co and U.S. Auto Assoc , ___ Mich App ___; ___ NW2d ___ (2026) (Docket No. 370846) •           Spectrum Health Hosp d/b/a Spectrum Health and Corewell Health, and Spectrum Health Primary Care Partners v Auto-Owners Ins Co, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued February 18, 2026 (Docket No. 3...

Case Law Update   •           Neal J. Campbell v State Farm Mut Auto Ins Co, Auto Club Ins Assoc and MAIPF , unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued January 15, 2026 (Docket No. 371663) •           Nader Kourani v American Select Ins Co , unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued January 22, 2026 (Docket No. 373757)   Trending Topics in PIP Litigation  ...

Case Law Update   •           Leo Pellot, Individually and Next Friend of AKP, Minor v State Farm Mut Auto Ins Co and MAIPF, MACP and Currently Unnamed Assignee of the MACP , unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued December 12, 2025 (Docket No. 371648) •           Walter Love and Thrive Physical Therapy LLC v Lashawn Rudolph and Allstate Prop and Casualty Ins Co, Allstate In...

Case Law Update   •           Dominique Bellamy, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ericka Bellamy v Citizens United Reciprocal Exch , unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued November 17, 2025 (Docket No. 371648) •           Phase One Rehab, LLC v Allstate Prop & Cas Ins Co , ___ Mich App ___ (2025) (Docket No. 369413)   Trending Topics in PIP Litigation   •          ...

Case Law Update   •           Encompass Healthcare, PLLC v Citizens Insurance Company , ___ Mich App ___ (2025) (Docket No. 357225) •           Dionna Stubbs-Barrett v USA Underwriters and John Doe , unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued October 23, 2025 (Docket No. 373388)   Trending Topics in PIP Litigation   •           Parked Vehicle Exception of MCL 500.3105(1) and Po...

Case Law Update   •           James Bowles v Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange, et al., unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued September 19, 2025 (Docket No. 369258 ) •           Miracle Hands Homecare, Inc. v Geico General Insurance Company and Jorge L. Fuentes and US Rehabilitation & Health Services v Geico Insurance Company, et al., unpublished opinion per curiam of th...

Case Law Update Kathleen Naeyaert v Auto Club Group Insurance Company , unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued August 11, 2025 (Docket Nos. 369589, 371721) Desiree Durga and Justin Durga v MemberSelect Insurance Company , unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued August 13, 2025 (Docket No. 371891) Trending Topics in PIP Litigation Owned Vehicle Exclusi...

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...

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...

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 Nat...

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 Li...

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 Enginee...

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 C...

Case Law Discussion •            Yee v AAA Insurance, issued February 24, 2022 (Docket No. 356603) Trending Topics in PIP Litigation •            Negotiating Terms of Arbitrations •            Alice Jenkins v Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, issued January 13, 2022 (Docket No. 355452)   Hosted by: Amber Rouse Holloway , Executive Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy

Case Law Update   •                   Kim Bradley v Westfield Insurance Company and American Select Insurance Company, ___ Mich   ___; ___NW3d ___ (July 11, 2024) (Docket No 365828) published opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals   Trending Topics in PIP Litigation   •            Business Auto Policies: PIP Benefits & Potential Summary Disposition   Hosted by: Amber Rouse Holloway , Executive...

Case Law Update   •                  MPCGA v Progressive, ___ Mich ___; ___ NW3d ___ (June 7, 2024) (Docket No.s 164190, 164953-4)   Trending Topics in PIP Litigation   •            Fee schedule disputes and durable medical equipment (DME)   Hosted by: Amber Rouse Holloway , Partner Secrest Wardle, Troy Aaron D. Swayne , Associate Secrest Wardle, Troy

Case Law Update   •                  Estate of McDuffie-Connor v Neal and NSS Construction, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued February 8, 2024 (Docket No. 358870)   •                 Christensen v Amazon Logistics, LLC., unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued April 11, 2024 (Docket No. 364919)   Trending Topics in PIP Litigation   •            Mota-Peguerp...

Case Law Update   •                  Central Home Health Care Servs Inc v Progressive Mich Ins Co, ___ Mich App ___; ___ NW2d ___ (Docket No. 364653)   •                 Bakeman v Citizens Insurance Company of the Midwest, ___ Mich App ___ (2022) (Docket No. 357195)   •                  Ronnie Fields, et al. v National General Insurance Company, et al., unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court...