
•Michael L. Amaro• is one of the founding partners of Prindle, Decker & Amaro LLP and graduated seventh in his class from Southwestern University School of Law in 1983. During law school, he spent two years on the Law Review Staff, authoring and editing articles for the school's Law Review Journal. After graduating from law school, and spending six years at a large insurance defense firm in Los Angeles, he and his two other named partners formed Prindle, Decker & Amaro LLP.
Since 1983, Mr. Amaro has developed a broad base of clients involved in the amusement, sports, recreation and leisure industries. Such clients include carnivals, water parks, family fun centers, race and go-kart tracks, miniature golf centers, circuses, white water rafting companies, ice and roller skating facilities, health and fitness clubs, equestrian facilities, outfitters and guides, and concert venues. He has also defended a number of products liability cases involving jet skis, boats, sports and excercise equipment and pyrotechnic devices. Through Mr. Amaro, the firm is a member of the Roller Skating Association, the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions, the World Waterpark Association, and the National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials. Mr. Amaro is also a founding member of the International Amusement and Leisure Defense Association, a group of nationwide attorneys that are extensively involved in the representation of the recreation and amusement industries.
In addition to these amusement related clients, Mr. Amaro represents an impressive list of companies in general casualty and products liablity litigation, including Texaco Inc., E & S Ring Management Corporation, Wellcraft Marine Corporation, and White Consolidated Industries, Inc. just to name a few. The products liability work involves a wide variety of household products manufactured by Electrolux, Tappan, Frigidaire, Eureka, Gibson, Origo, and Dometic.
CASE Restivo v Malibu Grand Prix Barazza v Raging Water Kagan v Wild Rivers Strauss v Malibu Grand Prix Mendez v Paramount Pictures Mallard v Raging Waters Cabrera v Raging Waters Lewin v Family Fitness Antman v Malibu Grand Prix Summers v Wild Rivers Gonzalez v Riach Page v Raging Waters Rosales v Raging Waters Nguyen v Raging Waters Slater v Wild Rivers Theiss v Family Fitness Foremost v Monaco Zahler v Wild Rivers Bryan v Raging Waters Wrice v Bally Total Fitness Leffler v Raging Waters Milov v Six Flags Roberson v Six Flags Hernandez v Bally Tran v Bally Jacob v Six Flags Chavarria v Wild Rivers Nitzani v Bally Lynch v Wild Rivers Grange v Electrolux Steele v Wave House Everett v Magic Mountain Cory Arias v. Wild Rivers |
COURT WHERE CASE TRIED LASC-Van Nuys, Case No. NWC27018 Pomona Municipal, Case No. 93C01675 Orange County Sup. Court, Case No. 667851 LASC-Van Nuys, Case No.NWC50852D LASC-Central, Case No. BC014587 Pomona Municipal, Case. No. 94C03012 LASC-Pomona, Case No. KC014409 Harbor Municipal, Case No. 95C2415 LASC-Van Nuys, Case No. LC022199 Orange County Sup. Court, Case No. 693621 LASC-Central, Case No. BC024119 LASC-Pomona, Case No. KC016401 Pomona Municipal, Case No. 95C04956 LASC-Pomona, Case No. KC020526 Orange County Sup. Court, Case No. 761834 LASC-Van Nuys, Case No. LC021493 LASC-San Fernando, Case No PC16036 Orange County Sup. Court, Case No. 793301 Pomona Municipal, Case No. POM99C01540 LASC-Redondo, Case No. YC037378 Pomona Municipal, Case No. 00C01175 LASC-San Fernando, Case No. PC023790 LASC-San Fernando, Case No. PC024897 LASC-Central, Case No. BC234998 Orange County Sup. Court, Case No. 01CC04693 LASC-San Fernando, Case No. PC026028 Orange County Superior Court Los Angeles Superior Court Orange County Superior Court Contra Costa Superior Court San Diego Superior Court Los Angeles Superior Court OCSC/Case No. 04CC09463 |
VERDICT Defense Admitted Liability; all Plaintiff verdicts came in less than statutory offers to compromise. Verdicts of $1,000, $2,000 and $5,000 respectively Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Tried on liability only; Plaintiff found 90% at fault. Case settled thereafter Defense Defense Defense Defense Admitted Liability; verdict came in less than statutory offer. Plaintiff had to pay costs and expert fees Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense Defense: as to one plaintiff, and $60,000 verdict for other plaintiff (verdict less than $200,000 statutory offer to compromise, and hence, net verdict of zero after costs awarded) Defense |
PRIOR FAVORABLE VERDICTS FOR MICHAEL L. AMARO |