Allen v. Cheatum

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• requiring proof of actual prejudice from insured’s failure to appear for trial: “Any other rule might tempt some insurance companies (present company of course excepted
• stating that the rule in Michigan is that “in order for an insurance company to successfully claim noncooperation of its assured as a defense ... it not only has the burden of showing such lack of cooperation but also that it was prejudicial”
• mere showing of nonattendance of insured at trial is not tan- tamount to showing of prejudicial noncooperation as matter of law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).