Andrew R. Kruppa Partner

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• Successfully obtaining reversal by the Indiana Supreme Court of a multimillion dollar wrongful death jury verdict by arguing that there was insufficient evidence of negligence by a major seatbelt manufacturer. Reported at TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc. v. Moore, 936 N.E. 2d 201 (Ind. 2010). 
• Successfully obtaining dismissal of a declaratory judgment action brought by an engineering firm that manufactured cruise ship propulsion systems against a group of insurers by arguing that the case – which involved an insurance policy that was executed in England, among largely English companies, and was governed by English law – should be resolved in English court. Reported at Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine, Inc. v. New Hampshire Insurance Co./AIG Europe (UK) Ltd., Case No. 09-61329, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128925 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 7, 2010).
• Serving as lead trial counsel in a real estate development dispute and successfully defeating a motion for temporary injunction that would have resulted in the closing of an operating restaurant.
• Serving as trial counsel for a major seatbelt manufacturer against multiple claims including wrongful death and quadriplegia; the jury found the client not liable, although the client’s codefendant was held liable and ordered to pay a judgment of US$18 million.
• Serving as lead trial counsel for an automotive supplier in a contested proceeding in the Chrysler Bankruptcy valued in excess of US$17 million.
• Defending claims for US$30 million in damages against the seller of a nursing home conglomerate that were premised on alleged breaches of representation and warranties in a stock purchase agreement and obtaining a damages award in excess of US$1 million on the client’s counterclaim.
• Obtaining summary judgment for a seatbelt manufacturer in a case involving two wrongful death claims due to a rollover accident.
• Representing an automotive engine supplier in an FBI investigation for theft and fraud; no indictment was issued.
• Obtaining summary judgment for a major producer of specialty metals in a personal injury action based upon premises liability.
• Achieving a settlement, after obtaining indemnity from a co-defendant, for one of the world’s largest chemical manufacturing companies in a wrongful death action after the decedent asphyxiated inside of a chemical tanker that was used to haul his client’s materials.