Secrest Wardle Senior Partner Mark F. Masters and Partner Amber Rouse Holloway, both located in the Firm's Troy office, serve as hosts of MI PIP Monthly, a series that provides an overview of recent case law and emerging trends in the Michigan No-Fault industry. Each episode discusses how these developments affect claim handling and management. Questions and/or comments from listeners are encouraged. Secrest Wardle is a law firm specializing in defense litigation and counsel for insurance,…
Case Law Update • Abdulla v Progressive SE. Ins. Co., ___ NW3d ___ (Mich, July 7, 2026) • Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange v Barnes , unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued June 23, 2026 • Zaki Anesthesia, PLLC v State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued June 16, 2026 Trending Topics in PIP Litigation •…
Case Law Update • Michigan Ambulatory Surgical Center and Phase One Rehab v Progressive Marathon Insurance Company, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued May 20, 2026 (Docket No. 373314) • Zielinski v Auto-Owners Ins.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 Appeals From Stip Orders • Saad Yousif…
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Shah, P.C., Alliance Anesthesia, PLLC, Insight Anesthesia, PLLC and Insight Radiologists, P.C. v Auto Club Ins Assoc, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued April 20, 2026 (Docket No. 372543) • MemberSelect Ins Co v Michael James Clancy, PR of the Estate of Connor James Clancy and Anthony Dwayne Magee and Debbie Magee, unpublished opinion per…
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 Insurance Company and John Doe, ___ Mich ___ (2026)…
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Health Hosp d/b/a Spectrum Health and Corewell Health, and Spectrum Health Primary Care Partners v Auto-Owners Ins Co, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued February 18, 2026 (Docket No. 347980) Trending Topics…
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 • Independent Contractors…
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 Ins Co, Auto Club Group…
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 • Effect of Related Tort Claims on PIP…
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 Potential Tie to PPI Benefits •…
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 the Court of Appeals,…