Michael Terhar
Work in Cunningham Swaim, LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Civil Litigation
2 N. Lake Avenue, Suite 550, Pasadena, CA 91101
About Michael Terhar
Practice Areas
- Civil Litigation
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1979J.D.
- University of Washington, 1975B.S.
Languages
- English (Primary)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 1979
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1980
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1980
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1980
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1980
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1983
- U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of California
- American Bar Association (Litigation, Law Practice Management, and Air and Space Law Divisions)
- Defense Research Institute (Product Liability Committee and Sports Law Special Litigation Group)
- Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
- Litigation Counsel of America (Founding Fellow)
Articles
Published Works
- Pesses v Superior Court (1980) 107 Cal.App.3rd 117, 165 Cal.Rptr. 680. Denial of remand/transfer to county of filing for damage trial following determination of liability in coordinated cases arising from PSA crash is not an abuse of discretion
- PT Airfast Services, Indonesia v. Superior Court (1983) 139 Cal.App.3rd 162, 188 Cal.Rptr. 628. Employer-paid charter flight on foreign airline was not part of employee-paid round trip to/from United States sufficient to confer Warsaw jurisdiction at the US destination regarding crash of charter flight
- Martin ex rel. Heckman v. Midwest Express Holdings, Inc. (2009) 555 F.3rd 806. Federal preemption does not apply to design of aircraft airstairs prohibiting application of state product liability law as there were no standards to be applied to the design of the airstairs when the type certificate for the original design was approved by the FAA
- Lewis Operating Corp. v. Superior Court. (2011) 200 Cal.App.4th 940, 132 Cal.Rptr.3rd 849. Case of first impression in California holding that express waiver and release in apartment lease releasing landlord for liability for tenant injuries arising from use of apartment complex gym was not void under California statute prohibiting exculpatory clauses in residential leases
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- PartnerBusiness Law, Aviation & Aerospace, Appellate, Intellectual Property, Injuries, Wrongful Death
- PartnerBusiness Law, Aviation & Aerospace, Appellate, Intellectual Property, Injuries, Wrongful Death
- PartnerBusiness Law, Aviation & Aerospace, Appellate, Intellectual Property, Injuries, Wrongful Death
- Litigation, Product Liability, Construction, Commercial Law
Nearby Lawyers
- Civil Litigation
- 1.1 miles away
- 7 miles away
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