In the Matter of the Requests of the Governor and the Senate; (MSC-PUB, 1973; RB #1)

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Michigan Supreme Court; Published   
Opinion by J. Coleman    
Official Michigan Reporter Citation: 389 Mich 441; Link to Opinion alt   


STATUTORY INDEXING:
Serious Impairment of Body Function Definition (Pre-Cassidy Era – 1973-1982) [§3135(1)]   
Permanent Serious Disfigurement Definition [§3135(1)]

TOPICAL INDEXING:
Legislative Purpose and Intent    


CASE SUMMARY:   
In this advisory Opinion, the Michigan Supreme Court per Justice Coleman held;

a.    That the Michigan no-fault law does not violate the Michigan constitutional
provision prohibiting a law from embracing more than one object;

b.    That the no-fault law does not violate the constitutional provision prohibiting
revision or amendment of a law by reference to its title only, and;

c.    That the only phrases in §3135 of the no-fault law, to-wit, "serious impairment
of body function,” and "permanent serious disfigurement" provide sufficient
standards for legal interpretation.