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· 8/9/1989

OHIO FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. Michigan Mutual Insurance Company

Citations

  • 445 N.W.2d 228
  • 179 Mich. App. 355

How courts have described this case

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

  • distinguishing between an invalid exclusionary clause in the policy and the abrogation of the right to rescind, and holding that the insurer’s liability extends to the face amount of the policy
  • distinguishing between an invalid exclusionary clause in the policy and the abrogation of the right to rescind, and holding that the insurer's liability extends to the face amount of the policy
  • “we conclude that basic public policy considerations require that, once an innocent third party is injured in an accident in which coverage is in effect on the automobile, an insurer will be estopped from asserting rescission”
  • “[Bjasic public policy considerations require that, once an innocent third party is injured in an accident in which coverage is in effect on the automobile, an insurer will be estopped from asserting rescission as a basis upon which it may limit its liability to the statutory minimum.”
  • “[B]asic public policy considerations require that, once an innocent third party is injured in an accident in which coverage is in effect on the automobile, an insurer will be estopped from asserting rescission as a basis upon which it may limit its liability to the statutory minimum.”

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Judges: Gribbs, Murphy, Neff

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