Susan Kay Burkhart

Susan Mary Burkhart

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Specialties:

Family Medicine
General Practice

Education:

University of Missouri at Columbia (1987)

Susan Burkhart, Raleigh NC - Lawyer

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Office:

Cranfill Sumner LLP
5420 Wade Park Boulevard, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27607

Phone:

9198638709 (Phone), 9198633537 (Fax)

Specialties:

Attorneys (Professional Liability)
Cyber Liability and Privacy
Insurance Brokers & Agents (Professional Liability)
Insurance Law & Coverage
Professional Liability
Bad Faith
Errors and Omissions

Memberships:

ISLN:

908663024

Admitted:

1981

University:

University of Michigan, B.A., with High Honors, 1977

Law School:

Wayne State University Law School, J.D., 1981 Marshall D. Goldberg Award; Wayne State University Law School, J.D., Best Oralist; Wayne State University Law School, J.D., Moot Court; Wayne State University Law School, J.D., American Jurisprudence Award; Wayne State University Law School, J.D., Property

Reported:

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS: Cases or matters referenced do not represent the lawyer's entire record. Each case is unique and must be evaluated on its own merits. The outcome of a particular case cannot be predicated upon a lawyer's or a law firm's past results.; Insurance Coverage: Obtained judgment from the United States District Court declaring a single occurrence for e.coli outbreak.; Obtained reimbursement for insurer in primary/excess declaratory judgment action in the United States District Court.; Obtained judgment and decision affirmed by the North Carolina Supreme Court declaring that a commercial general liability and professional liability insurance policy afforded no coverage for a police officer for alleged sexual misconduct.; Obtained judgment affirmed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declaring that an insurer owed no liability coverage under a commercial auto policy for an additional insured driving a non-owned auto.; Obtained judgment affirmed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declaring that another insurer owed pro-rata liability for prejudgment interest on a large settlement.; Obtained judgment from the United States District Court declaring that an insurer owed no UM/UIM coverage for injury to a passenger in a non-owned vehicle.; Obtained judgment from the United States District Court declaring that an insurer owed no liability coverage for a vehicle in dead storage.; Obtained judgment and successful appeal to the North Carolina Court of Appeals declaring that a commercial excess insurance policy did not drop down and become excess upon the insolvency of the primary insurer.; Obtained judgment and successful appeal to the North Carolina Court of Appeals declaring that an insurer properly cancelled a policy of automobile liability insurance despite a technical departure from the prescribed cancellation notice.; Obtained judgment and successful appeal to the North Carolina Court of Appeals declaring that an insurer properly cancelled an automobile liability insurance policy by mailing the cancellation to the insured's policy address despite the return of such notice for nondelivery.; Obtained defense verdict for agent at trial in a claim that the agent failed to procure insurance coverage on a tractor/trailer.; Obtained judgment and successful appeal for agent on statute of limitations defense.; Municipal Land Use Defense: Obtained discretionary review from the North Carolina Supreme Court on a challenge to the validity of water/sewer impact fee ordinances.; Successfully argued to the North Carolina Supreme Court that a landowner's constitutional challenges to a zoning ordinance were mooted upon the sale of the property.; Successfully argued to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that a landowner had no valid equal protection or due process claim arising from the town's allocation of sewer services.; Successfully argued to the United States District Court that a landowner had no valid constitutional challenge to a town's enactment of a moratorium on new construction.; Successfully argued to the United States District Court that a landowner had no vested rights to proceed with its development after an amendment in a zoning ordinance.; Successfully argued to the United States District Court that a landowner had no valid constitutional or statutory challenge to a town's alleged delay in the issuance of a building permit to a developer.; Successfully argued to the North Carolina Court of Appeals that a landowner's common law, statutory and constitutional challenges to a zoning ordinance were barred by the statute of limitations.

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Susan K. Burkhart, Raleigh NC - Lawyer

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Address:

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP
5420 Wade Park Blvd. Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27607
9198285100 (Office), 9198638709 (Fax)

Licenses:

North Carolina - Authorized to practice law 1982

Education:

Wayne State University Law School
Degree - JD - Juris Doctor - Law
Graduated - 1981
University of Michigan
Degree - BA - Bachelor of Arts
Graduated - 1977

Specialties:

Insurance - 34%
Land Use / Zoning - 33%
State, Local And Municipal Law - 33%

Associations:

Defense Research Institute, Insurance Coverage Committee - Member
North Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section - Member
North Carolina Bar Association, Women in the Profession Committee - Member

Susan K. Burkhart, Raleigh NC - Lawyer

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Office:

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP
Raleigh, NC 27611

Phone:

9198638709 (Phone)

Specialties:

Attorneys - Professional Liability
Insurance Brokers & Agents - Professional Liability
Insurance Coverage
Professional Liability
Bad Faith
Errors and Omissions

Memberships:

North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section and Women in the Profession Committee
Chair, Litigation Section
Member, Board of Directors)
Defense Research Institute (Member, Insurance Coverage Committee).

ISLN:

908663024

Admitted:

1981, North Carolina
U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

University:

University of Michigan, B.A., with High Honors, 1977

Law School:

Wayne State University Law School, J.D., 1981 Marshall D. Goldberg Award, Best Oralist, Moot Court, American Jurisprudence Award, Property

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Biography:

Susan K. Burkhart, a partner with Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP since its founding in 1992, focuses in the Insurance Coverage Litigation Practice Group. Susan counsels and defends large and small insu...