Health-care providers in Michigan can sue no-fault insurers to recover personal injury protection benefits so long as the patient has assigned the benefits to the provider.
The Michigan Supreme Court has said providers don’t have a statutory cause of action against no-fault insurers. But it hasn’t precluded providers from seeking recovery based on assignments from injured parties, the Michigan Court of Appeals said in an unsigned, unpublished May 21 opinion.
Michigan is one of about a dozen states that have no-fault laws. These laws are intended to allow automobile insurance policyholders to recover benefits following car accidents regardless of which ...
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