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DUMAS v. AUTO CLUB INS. ASS'N

Docket No. 83982, (Calendar No. 2).

437 Mich. 521 (1991)

473 N.W.2d 652

DUMAS v. AUTO CLUB INSURANCE ASSOCIATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 31, 1991.

Dissenting opinion filed August 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Erlich, Rosen & Bartnick (by Richard E. Shaw and Sheldon L. Miller) for the plaintiffs.

Fox & Grove, Chartered (by Kalvin M. Grove, Steven L. Gillman, and Allison C. Blakley) and Finkel, Whitefield & Selik (by Robert J. Finkel) for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Conboy, Fell, Stack, Lieder & Hanson (by Lloyd C. Fell) for General Motors Corporation.

Clark, Klein & Beaumont (by Dwight H. Vincent, J. Walker Henry, and Rachelle G. Silberberg) for Michigan Manufacturers Association.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone (by Diane M. Soubly) for American Society of Employers, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc., Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce, and Michigan State Chamber of Commerce.

Mark Granzotto, Monica Farris Linkner, and Charles P. Burbach for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

Dissenting opinion by LEVIN, J., filed August 2, 1991.

RILEY, J.

Two questions are presented in this appeal. First, whether plaintiffs have actions for breach of contract on the basis that they were informed of a particular compensation system upon entering defendant's work force, and the system was subsequently changed. A subissue is whether those plaintiffs who were promised the policy would remain in force "forever" have actions for breach of contract....

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