McPHERSON v. McPHERSON (2013)

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green Wolverine Mutual Insurance Company v. Jeffrey Kemper (2022)

Rule Authority · Mich. Ct. App. · 3 citations in this opinion

“Regarding the degree of causation between the injury and the use of the motor vehicle that must be shown, this Court has established that an injury arises out of the use of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle when the causal connection between the injury and the use of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle is more than incidental, fortuitous, or ‘but for.’ ” McPherson, 493 Mich at 297 (quotation marks and citation omitted). -2- In McPherson, our Supreme Court analyzed the “aris…

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green Kraig Sippell ex rel. Estate of Dawn Palmer v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al. (2025)

Rule Authority · E.D. Mich. · 2 citations in this opinion

McPherson, 493 Mich. at 295-98 (bold italics added).

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green Malik v. Landstar Express American Inc (2021)

Rule Authority · E.D. Mich.

And an injury arises out of the use of a motor vehicle only when “the causal connection between the injury and the use of a motor vehicle... is more than incidental, fortuitous, or ‘but for.” McPherson v. McPherson, 831 N.W.2d 219, 220 (Mich. 2018) (quoting Thornton v. Allstate Ins.

quoting Thornton v. Allstate Ins. Co., 391 N.W.2d 320 (Mich. 1986)

green Kyle Oostdyk v. Auto Owners Insurance Company (2015)

Rule Authority · Mich.

The “almost-any” standard is discredited and inconsistent with current law to the extent it suggests a plaintiff may meet the statutory causation requirement without proving the causal connection was “more than incidental, fortuitous, or but for.” See McPherson v McPherson, 493 Mich 294, 299 (2013).

green Kyle Oostdyk v. Auto Owners Insurance Company (2015)

Rule Authority · Mich.

green Oostdyk v. Auto Owners Ins Co. (2015)

Rule Authority · Mich.

green Jamil Barash v. Joseph J Kolar (2022)

Cited · Mich. Ct. App. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion

See McPherson, 493 Mich at 298-299 .

green James Marshall v. Usaa Casualty Insurance Company (2025)

Cited (see also) · Mich. Ct. App. · signal: see, e.g.

See e.g., McPherson v McPherson, 493 Mich 294 , 298- 299; 831 NW2d 219 (2013).

green Jamal Al-Rahimi v. Allstate Insurance Company (2023)

Cited (see also) · Mich. Ct. App. · signal: see, e.g.

See e.g., McPherson v McPherson, 493 Mich 294 , 298- 299; 831 NW2d 219 (2013). -6- As an initial matter, we note that, in moving for summary disposition, defendant contended that plaintiff failed to present objective evidence of an injury.

green Spectrum Health Hospitals v. Citizens Insurance Company of America (2023)

Cited (see also) · Mich. Ct. App. · signal: see, e.g.

See, e.g., McPherson, 493 Mich at 298-299 .

green Frank Wojcik v. Merchants Metals LLC (2018)

Cited · Mich. Ct. App. · signal: see

See McPherson v McPherson, 493 Mich 294 , 297 n 4; 831 NW2d 219 (2013).

green Spectrum Health Hospitals v. Farmers Insurance Exchange (2017)

Cited · Mich. Ct. App. · signal: see

See id. -5- Plaintiff relies on Scott v State Farm Mut Auto Ins Co, 278 Mich App 578 ; 751 NW2d 51 (2008), vacated in part by 482 Mich 1074 (2008), to support its argument that the evidence supported a finding that Wheeler’s 2013 injury arose from the 1989 accident.

green Spectrum Health Hospitals v. Farmers Insurance Exchange (2017)

Cited · Mich. Ct. App. · signal: see

green Felecia Hensley-Panicaccia v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co (2016)

Cited (see also) · Mich. Ct. App. · signal: see also

See also McPherson v McPherson, 493 Mich 294, 299 ; 831 NW2d 219 (2013). 2 We do not suggest approval of the specific language drafted by plaintiff and submitted to the trial court as a proposed instruction. -5- Moreover, on the facts of this case, even if the court should have given some instruction on the significance of a pre-existing injury, we conclude that the trial court’s failure to give such an instruction does not require reversal.

green Detroit Medical Center v. Progressive Michigan Insurance (2013)

Cited (see also) · Mich. Ct. App. · signal: see also

Rather, the evidence established that the causal connection between the motorcyclist’s injuries and the motor vehicle was merely incidental, fortuitous, or “but for.” Thornton v Allstate Ins Co, 425 Mich 643, 659 ; 391 NW2d 320 (1986); see also McPherson v McPherson, 493 Mich 294, 297 ; 831 NW2d 219 (2013).