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Harvey Kruse Recognized as a 2025 Best Law Firm

Harvey Kruse Recognized as a 2025 Best Law Firm

We are proud to announce that Harvey Kruse has been recognized once again as a Best Law Firm for 2025, receiving a Tier 1 ranking for Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants! Each year, Best Lawyers® selects law firms for recognition based on rigorous analysis of client and […]

Michigan Lawyers Weekly Names John Prew to the 2024 Class of “Go To Lawyers” in Negligence Law

Michigan Lawyers Weekly Names John Prew to the 2024 Class of “Go To Lawyers” in Negligence Law

We are delighted to share that Harvey Kruse board member and shareholder John Prew has been named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 2024 list of “Go To Lawyers in Negligence Law.” John doesn’t just practice product liability law – he shapes it. With forceful advocacy and creative approaches, John has changed […]

Michigan’s Strict Liability Dog Bite Statute Doesn’t Mean Defendants Should Just Roll Over

Michigan’s Strict Liability Dog Bite Statute Doesn’t Mean Defendants Should Just Roll Over

Americans love their dogs. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the United States had between 83,739,829 and 88,853,254 dogs in 2022, with 44.6% of households owning at least one. But even very good boys (and girls) can have very bad moments. As intelligent, loyal, and well-trained as dogs may be, […]

Harvey Kruse Attorneys Recognized as 2025 Best Lawyers and “Ones to Watch”

Harvey Kruse Attorneys Recognized as 2025 Best Lawyers and “Ones to Watch”

We are pleased to announce that Best Lawyers® has selected eight Harvey Kruse attorneys to include in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyers Dale R. Burmeister – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants Michael D. Cummings – Product Liability Litigation – […]

Seven Harvey Kruse Attorneys Listed in the 2024 Edition of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Seven Harvey Kruse Attorneys Listed in the 2024 Edition of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

  We are pleased to announce that seven of our exceptional Harvey Kruse attorneys have been included in the 2024 list of Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Super Lawyers’ patented attorney selection process is peer-influenced and research-driven, selecting the top 5% of attorneys for the Super Lawyers list each […]

The Fall of the “Open and Obvious” Defense and the Status of Premises Liability Cases Almost a Year Later

The Fall of the “Open and Obvious” Defense and the Status of Premises Liability Cases Almost a Year Later

On July 28, 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a long-awaited opinion in the cases of Kandil-Elsayed v F & E Oil, Inc, and Pinsky v Kroger, 512 Mich 95 (2023) that dismantled the open and obvious defense and reshaped the legal framework for analyzing cases of premises liability.  The […]

Jason R. Mathers and Kimberly A. Kardasz Win at Court of Appeals Expanding Michigan Case Law on Discrimination Defense to Private Entities Providing Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

Jesse Davis v. Ace Transportation, et al., Wayne County Circuit Court, Case no. 2020-016390-NF; 2024 WL 396610 (Mich. App. 2024). This personal injury case arose out of a motor vehicle accident involving non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT.) The plaintiff, who has been a paraplegic since 2002, was injured when the medical […]

Michael J. Guss Obtain Summary Disposition Arguing There Was No “Threshold Injury” in an Automobile Negligence Case in Wayne County Circuit Court

Dwayne Harris vs. Therese December, et al, Wayne County Circuit Court Case No. 23-000221-NF (March 21, 2024). In this automobile negligence action, Plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident on January 29, 2022, and sued the defendant driver, who our office represented. Plaintiff claimed the existence of pain in his […]

Michael F. Schmidt Obtains Summary Judgment in Declaratory Judgment Action Enforcing Business Exclusion to Exclude Coverage and Defense to the Insured in An Underlying Wrongful Death Suit

Depositors Insurance Company v William Sammut and Yvonne Brown, as Personal Representative of the Estate of James Brown III, Deceased, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 151298; 2023 WL 55341898 (ED Mich, 2023). Filed a declaratory complaint in U.S. District Court to enforce the Business Exclusion in the policy issued to the […]

Michael F. Schmidt Obtains Default Judgment in Insurance Coverage Declaratory Action Enforcing Assault and Battery Exclusion Endorsement

Associated Industries Insurance Company, Inc. v Plaka Restaurant, LLC, et al, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84649; 2023 WL 3467727 (ED Mich, 2023). Filed a declaratory complaint in U.S. District Court to enforce the assault and battery exclusion endorsement regarding claims against the insured in an underlying lawsuit filed in Wayne […]