Court Opinion

ID: 9689335
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:28:18.197601+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:46.671428
License: Public Domain

Allen, J.
(concurring in part, dissenting in part). I agree with Judge Penzien’s well-reasoned analysis in parts I through III of the majority opinion. I respectfully dissent, however, from part IV of the opinion, for the reasons stated in the majority opinion in Perez v State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Co, 105 Mich App 202; 306 NW2d *415451 (1981). As I find no ambiguity in the language of MCL 500.3109(1); MSA 24.13109(1), I believe there is no room for statutory interpretation and would leave the admittedly inequitable result for the Legislature to remedy.
I would reverse the trial court’s determination that Auto-Owners is not entitled to set off workers’ compensation benefits required to be provided under state law.