Michael Lloyd Email & Phone Number

Michael is an experienced trial attorney whose practice encompasses catastrophic personal injury defense, trucking litigation, premises liability, insurance defense, construction defects, product liability, and business litigation.After his 1983 graduation from Concordia College with a degree in music composition, Michael pursued his first career as a composer, performer, and teacher before earning his law degree. While in law school, Michael was an editor for the UCLA Law Review and served as a judicial extern for the first Japanese American appointed to the federal bench, the Hon. Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi.Representative MattersSecured a zero-dollar settlement on behalf of a defendant truck stop company in a wrongful death action alleging the facility was an “attractive nuisance” with inadequate facilities to service its large volume of customers, thereby creating unsafe conditions on contiguous properties, which resulted in the plaintiff’s death after he was run over by a tractor/trailer driven by one of the defendant’s customers.Secured a zero-dollar settlement on behalf of a funeral home director and mortuary in an action brought by the decedent’s father, two brothers, and sister, claiming the defendant mishandled and failed to preserve the decedent’s remains appropriately, thus making it impossible to conduct the pre-cremation viewing promised to the decedent’s family.Persuaded the jury to award de minimis damages to a homeowner who sued the client contractor for negligence and disgorgement because the contractor illegally employed unlicensed subcontractors and failed to perform a complete remodel of the plaintiff’s residence in a reasonable and professional manner that complied with the applicable building codes and industry standards.Won summary judgment in favor of commercial/residential apartment complex owners and property manager in wrongful death/premises liability action brought by the decedent’s wife and children, defeating allegations that the defendants’ negligence resulted in mold contamination at the decedent’s apartment, exposure to which allegedly caused or hastened the decedent’s death.Specialties: Insurance Defense, Construction Defect Litigation and Employment Law.

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  Jun 2024 - Present - Los Angeles, California, United States

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