Carrie Kennedy

Carrie Kennedy is a senior attorney in the firm’s Insurance and Professional Liability Department.

Ms. Kennedy focuses her practice on insurance-related work such as coverage disputes, entitlement issues and catastrophic injuries, as well as on no-fault law and motor vehicle litigation. She has expertise in defending claims involving traumatic brain injuries, severe burns and spinal cord injuries.

A member of the firm’s Detroit office, Ms. Kennedy also has experience in premise liability, Medicare/Medicaid and ERISA litigation, estate planning, probate litigation, contracts, creditors’ rights and commercial litigation.

Representative Client Work

• Defends insurers in coverage and priority disputes when those insurers are appointed as the servicing insurer of the assigned claims facility of the state of Michigan
• Defends insurers and self-insurers in high exposure first party no fault cases
• Defends insurers in coverage litigation and provides coverage opinions
• Defends corporations and individuals in catastrophic injury motor vehicle accident cases
• Defends insurers with regard to no-fault claims for home modifications, attendant care and vehicle modifications
• Provides pre-litigation/claims stage advice to insurers

Professional Affiliations

• Oakland County Bar Association
• Women's Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• Michigan Brain Injury Association

Fraternities

• Phi Theta Kappa

Speaking Engagements

• No Fault Update and Claims Processing Seminar
• Winds of Change - The Michigan No Fault Whirlwind Created by U of M Regents v Titan
• Crash Course! - The New Michigan Auto Injury Threshold Created by McCormick

News

• Kennedy revs up Plunkett Cooney’s Motor Vehicle Practice Group