Court Opinion

ID: 9741186
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:51:04.473019+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:22.747653
License: Public Domain

O’Connell, J.
(concurring). I concur with the majority’s conclusion that the subrogation provision of the insurance contract in issue allows intervening defendant insurer to enforce the mediation sanctions awarded below. However, I would find it unnecessary to address the issue of equitable subrogation in light of the fact that the express language of the contract provides that the insurer “shall bé subrogated to all the insured’s rights of recovery . . . .” Generally, a contract cannot be implied in law while an express contract covering the same matter is in force between the parties. See Scholz v Montgomery Ward & Co, Inc, 437 Mich 83, 93; 468 NW2d 845 (1991); Wallace v Recorder’s Court, 207 Mich App 443, 447; 525 NW2d *499481 (1994); Cascade Electric Co v Rice, 70 Mich App 420; 245 NW2d 774 (1976).