Dobbelaere v. Auto-Owners Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• noting the objective of contract interpretation “is to determine and enforce the parties’ intent by reading the agreement as a whole and applying the plain language used by the parties to reach their agreement”
• “However, the fact that an individual might derivatively claim PIP benefits through a named insured under MCL 500.3114(1) does not render the policy issuer the “insurer” of that individual for purposes of MCL 500.3114(4).”
• “[T]his Court has held that whether the issuer of a no-fault insurance policy is the ‘insurer’ of a household member or family member for purposes of MCL 500.3114(4) ‘depends on the language of the relevant insurance policy.’ ”
• “[T]his Court has held that whether the issuer of a no-fault insurance policy is the ‘insurer’ of a household member or family member for purposes of MCL 500.3114(4) ‘depends on the language of the relevant insurance policy.’ ”
• construing comparable statutory language regarding priority under MCL 500.3114(4)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).