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Harvey Kruse Attorneys Listed in the 2022 Edition of Super Lawyers
Harvey Kruse, P.C., is proud to announce that four attorneys have been listed in the 2022 edition of Super Lawyers. Dale R. Burmeister – Personal Injury – Products: Defense, Business Litigation, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Intellectual Property Litigation Dennis M. Goebel – Personal Injury – Products: Defense, Civil Litigation: Defense Michael […]
MICHAEL F. SCHMIDT OBTAINS SUMMARY DISPOSITION IN CLAIM FOR UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE AND PIP COVERAGE RESULTING FROM A MOPED ALLEGEDLY STRUCK BY HIT-RUN VEHICLE
Christopher Grady as Next Friend of Christopher Grady, Jr. v State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company, Marie Grissom, Citizens Insurance Company and MAIPF, Wayne County Circuit Court (2022). Suit was filed by Christopher Grady as next friend of his minor son, Christopher Grady, Jr., claiming multiple injuries from an alleged accident […]
John A. Kruse, Founding Partner of Harvey Kruse, P.C., Passed Away on April 22, 2022
John Alphonse Kruse, devoted husband to the late Mary Kruse for 55 years, and loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away peacefully at home April 22, 2022. John was born September 11, 1926 to Anna and Francis Kruse, the third of six children. After graduating from U of D Jesuit […]
MICHAEL F. SCHMIDT AND NATE PEPLINSKI OBTAIN SUMMARY DISPOSITION ON CLAIM FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIMED TO BE COVERED BY A BUSINESSOWNERS POLICY
Roye Investment Group, LLC v AMCO Insurance Company, Oakland County Business Court, (2022). Suit was filed by Roye Investment Group, LLC to recover alleged water damage in excess of $459,000 including penalty interest. Plaintiff claimed that it was an insured or an additional insured under the policy or that the […]
ANNE MCARDLE AND JOSEPH BAES WIN PARTIAL SUMMARY DISPOSITION IN $400,000 PROPERTY DAMAGE CASE
Rodger Spencer vs Yankee Construction, was a large property loss damage action between the property owner, and Defendants, tenants who occupied a portion of Plaintiff’s property for over a decade, pursuant to an oral agreement between the parties. In exchange for using a portion of the property for business purposes, […]
MIKE GUSS AND JOSEPH BAES OBTAIN SUMMARY DISPOSITION IN ALLERGIC FOOD REACTION CASE
In Joshua Blackburn vs Whitey’s Restaurant, Inc., Genesee County Circuit Court, Plaintiff alleging that while eating at Defendant’s restaurant, he consumed food that was contaminated by shellfish, claiming that he warned staff of a shellfish allergy when ordering. The Plaintiff had actually ordered a bivalve “shellfish” and baked cod. Relying […]
BILL RIVARD AND JEFF SCHULTZ OBTAIN SUMMARY DISPOSITION IN AUTOMOBILE NEGLIGENCE CASE
Earlene Love v. Ashton Masar, Genesee County Circuit Court. The plaintiff filed an automobile negligence lawsuit against our client, alleging that she sustained serious injuries as the result of a motor vehicle accident. We moved for summary disposition, arguing that the plaintiff had failed to demonstrate a serious impairment which […]
ANNE V. McARDLE OBTAINS SUMMARY DISPOSITION IN DECLARATORY ACTION SEEKING A DETERMINATION OF COVERAGE AND PRIORITY FOR PIP AND UM/UIM BENEFITS
Home-Owners Insurance Company and Wolverine Mutual Insurance Company v State Auto Insurance Company, Oakland County Circuit Court, Hon. Phyllis C. McMillen, case no. 2020-185113-CZ. Home-Owners and Wolverine provided automobile insurance coverage to their insureds, Mary and David Mourer. On August 21, 2020, at 3:30 p.m. the Mourer’s were operating a […]
MICHAEL F. SCHMIDT OBTAINS SUMMARY DISPOSITION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
AMCO Insurance Company vs. Westborn Chrysler Jeep, Inc., Wayne County Circuit Court. We filed suit on behalf of AMCO Insurance Company against Westborn Chrysler Jeep, Inc. to enforce the Transfer of Rights of Recovery Condition of the insurance policy. An underlying suit was filed by TD Auto Finance against Westborn […]
MICHAEL F. SCHMIDT OBTAINS REVERSAL BY MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS OF TRIAL COURT ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY DISPOSITION FOR CONTRACTUAL INDEMNITY
George Krawczynski v Dunigan Bros Inc and Blu A. Brodock et al., Michigan Court of Appeals Docket No. 344965 (2021) on appeal from Branch Circuit Court. The plaintiff George Krawczynski filed suit against Dunigan Bros Inc and its employee Blu A. Brodock and Michigan Paving and Materials Company alleging injuries […]