CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals
Simmon v State Farm Mut Auto Ins Co
Whether MCL 500.3151 IME specialty-matching rules bar IME physician's no-fault trial testimony
Decided
The citation
Simmon v State Farm Mut Auto Ins Co, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 13, 2026 (Docket No. 373218), pp 5-6
From the case summary
After a 2019 chain-reaction rear-end collision, State Farm paid plaintiff PIP benefits until June 2020, when orthopedic surgeon Dr. Drouillard's IME found no accident-related injury. Plaintiff sued for later chiropractic, physical-therapy trigger-point imaging, and mileage benefits. She sought to bar Drouillard under MCL 500.3151(2)(a) because…
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