BRUCE L. KAMPLAIN a graduate of Hanover College and the Indiana University School of Law has over twenty eight years of experience in all phases of state and federal civil litigation, including arbitrations, hearings, mediations, trials, both bench and jury, and appeals. His practice encompasses insurance defense (bodily injury, wrongful death, mass torts (asbestos) and property damage), and a wide range of insurance coverage disputes and litigation, with a client base that includes general insurers, Lloyd’s syndicates and reinsurers, involving many different classes of business (particularly environmental, toxic tort and pharmaceutical). He is a Registered Civil Mediator. Law & Politics magazine named Bruce a Super Lawyer® in 2005 for his work in environmental law, civil litigation defense and insurance coverage. Mr. Kamplain was a Deputy Attorney General of Indiana, handling complex civil rights, employment discrimination, tort and other civil litigation. He was named an Honorary Attorney General and Advocate of the State of Indiana by Attorney General Linley E. Pearson in 1987. He served as chairman of the Insurance Coverage Section of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana. The Marion Superior Court tapped Bruce to co-chair the Court's technology committee which developed an electronic service protocol for the asbestos docket. In his spare time, he is an avid and award winning nature and wildlife photographer entering his work at the Indiana State Fair. Mr. Kamplain's e-mail address is
bkamplain@ncs-law.com.
Publications:
• Challenges to the Insurance Industry – 21st Century Style, The Indiana Lawyer,
Vol. 13, No. 16
• Insurance Coverage: Case Review 2001 – 2002, Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana,
9th Annual Meeting, November 14 and 15, 2002
Bar Admissions:
• Indiana
• United States District Courts for the Northern District of Indiana
• United States District Courts for the Southern District of Indiana
• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• United States Supreme Court
Bar Activities:
• Indianapolis Bar Association (Litigation Section)
• Indianapolis Law Club
• Indiana State Bar Association (Environmental Law and Litigation Sections)
• American (Air and Space Law, Energy and Environmental Law, Labor and
Employment Law, Litigation, Natural Resources and Torts and Insurance
Practice Sections) Bar Association
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Associate Member)
• Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (Chairman, Insurance Coverage Section 2002)
• Defense Research Institute
Significant Judicial Opinions:
• Clark v. Donahue, 885 F. Supp. 1159 (S.D. Ind. 1995)
• Clark v. Donahue, 885 F. Supp. 1164 (S.D. Ind. 1995)
• Cox v. American Aggregates Corp, 580 N.E.2d 679 (Ind. Ct. App. 1991),
transfer denied (1992)
• Ferguson v. Modern Farm Sys., 555 N.E.2d 1379 (Ind. Ct. App. 1990),
transfer denied (1990)
• General Housewares Corporation v. National Surety Corporation, 741 N.E.2d 408
(Ind. Ct. App. 2000)
• Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company v. Dana Corporation, 690 N.E.2d 285
(Ind. Ct. App. 1997), transfer denied (1998)
• Jacobs v. City of Columbus, 454 N.E.2d 1253 (Ind. Ct. App. 1983), transfer
denied (1984)
• Martin, v. ACandS, Inc., 768 N.E.2d 426 (Ind. 2002)
• Parks v. A. P. Green Industries, Inc., 754 N.E.2d 1052 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001)
• Perryman v. Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc, 628 N.E.2d 1240 (Ind. Ct. App. 1994),
transfer denied (1994)
• Pierce v. Bank One-Franklin, 618 N.E.2d 16 (Ind. Ct. App. 1993), transfer
denied (1993)
• Poirier v. A. P. Green Services, Inc., 754 N.E.2d 1007 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001)
• Ramon v. Glenroy Construction Company, 609 N.E. 2d 1123 (Ind. Ct. App. 1993),
transfer denied (1993)
• Roberts v. A. C. & S., Inc., 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22635 (S.D. Ind. 1998)
• Roberts v. Owens Corning Fiberglass, 101 F. Supp. 2d 1076 (S.D. Ind. 1999)
• Ohio Cas. Ins. Co. v. Reed, NO. 1:04-cv-02027-DFH-WTL, 2005 U.S. Dist.
LEXIS 15474, (SD Ind. July 20, 2005), NOT INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION IN PRINT
• Enodis Corp. v. Wausau Ins. Co. (In re Consol. Indus. Corp.), PROC. NO. 00-4027, 2001 Bankr. LEXIS 2187 (ND Ind Bk November 7, 2001)
• Delta Airlines v. Cook, 816 N.E.2d 448 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005), on rehearing affirmed at 821 N.E.2d 400 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005), transfer granted by Atlantic Coast Airlines v. Cook, 2005 Ind. LEXIS 491 (Ind., May 25, 2005), 2004 Ind. App. LEXIS 2019 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004)
• City of South Bend v. Century Indemnity Company, 821 N.E.2d 5 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005), on rehearing at, clarified by, reaffirmed City of South Bend v. Century Indemnity Company, 824 N.E.2d 794 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005), transfer denied by City of South Bend v. Century Indemnity Company, 2005 Ind. LEXIS 753 (Ind., Aug. 11, 2005)
