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An “Unreasonably Dangerous” or “Effectively Unavoidable” Condition May Be Immune to the Open and Obvious Defense

Appraisal Award Cannot Trump Policy Terms Delineating The Scope Of Coverage

Willful material misrepresentations by insured constitute fraud: PIP and UM Benefits Denied

Summer Resort Association May Select Perpetual Term of Existence

Death of “Innocent Third Party” Rule also Applies in PIP Cases

Supreme Court underscores that snow and ice are open and obvious when there are “indicia of a potentially hazardous condition.”

“Private Causes of Action” under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act may proceed in First Party No-Fault cases, even in the absence of “demonstrated responsibility,” and regardless of the carrier’s basis for denying the claim

Court of Appeals clarifies that an erroneous payment, made more than one year after an accident, does not revive PIP claims that are otherwise stale under MCL 500.3145(1)

Open and obvious revisited: a condition need not “pose a substantial risk of death or serious injury” in order to be “effectively unavoidable.”

Visible 1-2″ accumulation of snow and ice does not render a walkway “unfit for its intended purpose” under the Landlord-Tenant Act