Mecosta County Medical Center v. Metropolitan Group Property

Summary

The Michigan Supreme Court held that medical providers who received an assignment of an injured person's PIP claim before he litigated his own separate claim were not in privity with him when the later judgment was entered. Because they were neither parties nor privies to that judgment, res judicata and collateral estoppel did not bar their assigned claims. The Court affirmed the Court of Appeals and remanded for further proceedings.