THOMAS C CAGNEY V ROBERT L SWARTWOOD
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
THOMAS C. CAGNEY,
UNPUBLISHED
December 28, 2001
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v
No. 226851
Genessee Circuit Court
LC No. 97-058314-PS
ROBERT L. SWARTWOOD,
Defendant-Appellee.
Before: White, P.J., and Talbot and E.R. Post*, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Plaintiff appeals as of right from a judgment of no cause of action. We affirm. As a
general rule a plaintiff may recover only one satisfaction for one loss. Hanley v Mazda Motor
Corp, 239 Mich App 596, 601; 609 NW2d 203 (2000). The record shows that defendant’s
insurers paid plaintiff $15,000 for the property damage portion of the judgment debt defendant
owed plaintiff. The remaining judgment debt defendant owed plaintiff was discharged in
bankruptcy. Plaintiff has already collected in full the nondischargeable portion of the judgment
debt owed by defendant and cannot collect any additional money based on the 1987 circuit court
judgments or the bankruptcy judgment of nondischargeability.
Affirmed.
/s/ Helene N. White
/s/ Michael J. Talbot
/s/ Edward R. Post
* Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.
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