DETROIT — Key provisions of Michigan's no-fault auto insurance reform passed in 2019 do not apply retroactively to individuals previously injured in car crashes, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
The 2-1 order will have wide-ranging consequences for the state's efforts to decrease Michigan's highest-in-the-nation auto insurance costs by reversing a key provision of the law that required a 45% fee cut for medical providers serving victims of crashes that occurred prior to the 2019 law change.
Judges Douglas Shapiro and Sima Patel ruled the Legislature "did not clearly demonstrate an intent for the amendments to apply retroactively" when they passed the law in May 2019.
