Social Media Research Leads To Summary Judgment Victory

(May 2022) -  Cleveland Partner Joseph Fiorello recently obtained a summary disposition (Michigan refers to summary judgment as summary disposition) victory for an insured motor carrier and driver in Monroe County, Michigan. The summary disposition motion was spearheaded by social media research of the plaintiff and the plaintiff's family members who were identified in the plaintiff's discovery responses.

The case involved a motor vehicle collision that occurred in the express lanes of I-75 in Monroe County, Michigan. A prior accident had already occurred on the same section of highway, due to the snowy conditions, prior to the defendant truck driver being involved in a second accident. As the insured truck driver approached the scene of the prior accident, he observed police cruisers were occupying the middle and right lanes of the three-lane highway. Thus, he decided to exit the middle lane, which he was occupying, and move into the left lane. Shortly