April 11, 2025
The insurer of an Ann Arbor, Michigan, property has settled a dispute over whether its policy covered more than $1 million in damages stemming from a vehicle fire at a facility leased by Mercedes-Benz's North American research arm, according to a federal court order dismissing the case Friday.
January 02, 2025
The Sixth Circuit has ruled that Mercedes-Benz's North American research entity was not entitled to summary judgment in an insurance suit over a fire at a testing facility and that a lower court must consider whether the "hazardous materials" that started the fire should have been on the property.
March 28, 2024
Mercedes-Benz's North American research arm and its insurer don't owe reimbursement to a commercial real estate operator's insurer for $1 million in damages stemming from a vehicle fire at a testing facility, a Michigan federal judge ruled, finding that Mercedes' insurer issued commercial general liability coverage, not property protection insurance.
May 17, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a property insurer for Mercedes-Benz's North American research and development branch from an auto fire coverage lawsuit brought by Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Co., which now seeks to recover $1 million from an unknown insurance company.
October 21, 2022
The insurer for Mercedes-Benz's North American research and development branch will have to face a lawsuit from Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Co., a Michigan federal court ruled Friday, finding Pioneer's "inartfully pled" claim in a fire coverage lawsuit is nevertheless viable.