153 Mich. App. 52 - Kleit v. Saad’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Every motor vehicle liability policy shall be subject to the following provisions which need not be contained therein: * * * * * *% The insurance carrier shall not be liable on any judgment if it has not had prompt notice of and reasonable opportunity to appear in and defend the action in which such judgment was rendered, or if the judgment has been obtained through collusion between the judgment creditor and the insured.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cashon v. Allstate Insurance Co. · Travelers Insurance Companies v. Rogers

2. “"We believe that the Legislature did not intend that a plaintiff be allowed to recover from a defendant's insurer if the insurer was never notified of the suit. The legislative policy of securing a recovery under the no-fault act for an injured party, relied on heavily in [a prior Court of Appeals] decision, does not extend to the within case. In this lack of notice situation, in contrast to a defendant's failing to cooperate with his insurer, the plaintiff has some opportunity to discover the existence and identity of the principal defendant's insurance carrier and to notify it that a suit is pending. Realizing that in order to present any defense at all the insurance company must have notice of the suit, the Legislature has provided in the statute that failure to notify the insurer will bar recovery by the plaintiff from the insurer." Kleit, supra, 395 NW.2d at 11 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Travelers Insurance Companies v. Rogers