MINA v. GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY

2 Citing cases

  1. Samuels v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Case No. 16-cv-10890 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 15, 2018)

    This issue most commonly arises in the case of a claimed fire loss when the insurance company is asserting the defense of arson and arguing that the plaintiff's deteriorated financial condition at the time of the loss motivated the plaintiff to commit arson and file a false or fraudulent claim - and the cases Plaintiff has cited, both in her brief and at oral argument, are just such cases. Plaintiff argues that Mina v. General Star Indemnity Co., 218 Mich. App. 678 (1996), rev'd in part Mina v. General Star Indemnity Co., 455 Mich. 866 (1997), stands for the proposition that "plaintiff's financial condition at the time of the fire loss was relevant." (Pl.'s Resp. 4, PgID 1891.)

  2. Rizka v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

    Case No. 13-cv-14870 (E.D. Mich. Dec. 23, 2015)   Cited 2 times

    "A statement is material if it is reasonably relevant to the insurer's investigation of a claim." Mina v. Gen. Star Indem. Co., 555 N.W.2d 1, 5 (Mich. App. 1996), reversed in part on other grounds, Mina v. Gen. Star Indem. Co., 568 N.W.2d 80 (Mich. 1997). It was certainly relevant to State Farm's investigation of Ms. Rizka's personal property claim to know who owned the property that was the subject of the claim. Among other things, State Farm needed to know who actually owned the property so that State Farm could direct inquiries concerning the property to that person and could direct payment to the injured party.