8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 32 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Kangas v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kangas v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. Anchor | green | “the injury must be foreseeably identifiable with the normal use, maintenance and ownership of the vehicle.” | 6 |
| 2 | Greater Flint HMO v. Allstate Insurance | green | “the causal nexus between the accident and the car is established.” | 5 |
| 3 | Turner v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n | green | “there must be some activity, with respect to the vehicle, which somehow contributes to the happening of the accident.” | 5 |
| 4 | Detroit Medical Center v. Progressive Michigan Insurance | green | “accident must arise out of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of a separate motor vehicle.” | 4 |
| 5 | Detroit Medical Center v. Progressive Michigan Insurance | green | “the no-fault act provides coverage for accidental bodily injury 'arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle.” | 4 |
| 6 | Kangas v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. | green | “while the automobile need not be the proximate cause of the injury, there still must be a causal connection between the injury sustained and the ownership, maintenance or use of the automobile and which causal connection is more than incidental, fortuitous or but for.” | 3 |
| 7 | Jones v. Tronex Chemical Corp. | green | “the injury must be foreseeably identifiable with the normal use, maintenance and ownership of the vehicle.” | 3 |
| 8 | Ricciuti v. Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange | neutral | “incidentally or fortuitously related to the ownership, use, or maintenance of a motor vehicle.” | 2 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.