•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

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Admitted Liability; all Plaintiff verdicts came in less than statutory offers to compromise.  Verdicts of $1,000, $2,000 and $5,000 respectively

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Tried on liability only; Plaintiff found 90% at fault.  Case settled thereafter

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Admitted Liability; verdict came in less than statutory offer.  Plaintiff had to pay costs and expert fees

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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)


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