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AUTO-OWNERS INS. v. FERWERDA ENTS., 485 Mich. 905 (2009)

AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. FERWERDA ENTERPRISES, INC., d/b/a HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LUDINGTON, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and DARYL BRONKEMA, Next Friend of JACKSON THOMAS BRONKEMA, CALEB ANDREW BRONKEMA and SAVANNAH JOY BRONKEMA, and DARYL BRONKEMA and MELISSA BRONKEMA, Husband and Wife, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. FERWERDA ENTERPRISES, INC., d/b/a HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LUDINGTON, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff/Appellee/Cross-Appellee, and DARYL BRONKEMA, Individually and Next Friend of JACKSON THOMAS BRONKEMA, CALEB ANDREW BRONKEMA and SAVANNAH JOY BRONKEMA, and MELISSA BRONKEMA, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Nos. 138917 and 138919.Supreme Court of Michigan.
October 9, 2009.

Appeal from the Court of Appeals No. 277574.

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Summary Disposition.

Pursuant to MCR 7.302(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and we remand this case to the Court of Appeals for consideration of whether the trial court properly assessed attorney fees and penalty interest against plaintiff, Auto-Owners Insurance Company. The circuit court correctly granted summary disposition in favor of the defendants because the subject policy unambiguously provided coverage for the defendants’ claim. Accordingly, we reinstate the circuit court’s judgment and we remand this case to the Court of Appeals for further proceedings not inconsistent with this order. We do not retain jurisdiction.

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