Michigan Millers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Bourke

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that the trial court erred in lifting an abatement on a bad faith claim when the underlying contract claim under the policy was pending appeal
• quashing the trial court’s order that required the bad faith claim to proceed before the conclusion of the underlying contractual litigation
• quashing order lifting abatement of bad faith claim “[wjhile the appeal of the summary judgment as to the coverage issue was pending”
• “Because [a] bad faith claim does not exist until liability and the extent of damages are determined, we hold that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law in lifting the abatement of the bad faith claim.”

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