Sec. 12. Where the death of or personal injury to any person is occasioned in this state by a motor vehicle but the identity of the motor vehicle and of the driver and owner thereof cannot be established, any person who would have a cause of action against the owner or driver in respect to the death or personal injury may bring an action against the secretary, either alone or as a codefendant with others alleged to be responsible for the death or personal injury. In any action commenced under this section, physical contact by the unidentified vehicle with the plaintiff or with a vehicle occupied by the plaintiff, is a condition precedent to such action.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1112
Death or injury by unidentified vehicle or driver; action against fund; condition precedent
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 110 Mich. App. 522 - Adams v. Zajac (1981)
Most recently applied in Dancey v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America (April 2010)
1965, Act 198, Eff
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