Michigan court blocks Citizens Insurance’s bid to kill PIP arbitration

Bazzy initially sued Citizens in Wayne Circuit Court in 2008. The parties then agreed to submit their dispute to binding arbitration and entered into a stipulated order on February 19, 2009 dismissing the case without prejudice. The written arbitration agreement, executed around March 24, 2009, set out the arbitrators’ role: to determine the nature and extent of Bazzy’s injuries, whether those injuries arose from the accident, whether he was entitled to no-fault benefits from Citizens, and the amount of damages. The agreement stated that the written decision of two arbitrators would be binding and would represent a full and final resolution of all past and present no-fault PIP benefits up to the date of the arbitration.