Mike Neal

Michael B. Neal
McNabb, Bragorgos & Burgess, PLLC
81 Monroe Avenue
Sixth Floor
Memphis, Tennessee 38103-5402

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Position	Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions	Education
Honors	Published Works	Representative Cases
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Michael B. Neal's practice includes tort and insurance defense, products liability and construction defect litigation. He has significant experience in insurance coverage disputes, including coverage for mass torts, nursing homes, intellectual property, mortgage holders, builders and contractors. As a former Assistant United States Attorney and as an Assistant District Attorney for the State of Tennessee, he gained valuable trial experience in over a hundred complex civil and criminal trials which he has utilized and enhanced in complex litigation in both state and federal courts in a variety of cases ranging from personal injury cases to complex insurance coverage disputes. He has been listed by the Tennessee Supreme Court as a Rule 31 General Civil Mediator since 1996.

Position with the Firm:: Member

Areas Of Practice:: Trials in State and Federal Court
Appeals in State and Federal Court: Products Liability Defense
Heavy Trucking Defense
Nursing Home Defense: Construction Defect Litigation
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation: Mass Tort Defense
Insurance Coverage Opinions and Litigation: Probate Estate and Trust Litigation
Federal Civil and Criminal Forfeitures: General Civil Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Bar Admissions:: Tennessee Supreme Court
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee

Education:: Memphis State University School of Law, Memphis, TN, 1974. (Law Review (Case Comment Editor); Moot Court Champion Counsel, Moot Court Board); J.D.

Bachelor of Business Administration, Memphis State University, 1967. (Cum Laude)

Representative Cases:

Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v. Winestone, 182 S.W.3d 342 (Tenn. Appeals 2005). Summary Judgment granted to mortgage company's insurer where a mortgage loan was assigned to a buyer but force placed insurance coverage on the mortgaged property was allegedly not cancelled.

Obert v. The Pyramid, 381 F. Supp.2d 723 (W.D. Tenn. 2005). Personal injury case involving handicapped access to a public arena and issues of governmental tort liability and negligence per se.

Shoemake v. Omniquip International, Inc., 152 S.W.3d 567, Prod. Liab. Rep. (CCH) P 16, 857 (Tenn. Appeals, 2003). Summary Judgment appropriate for manufacturer in wrongful death case where plaintiff did not establish defect in rough terrain forklift.

Royal Surplus Lines Ins. Co. v. Sofamor Danek Group, Inc., 303 F. Supp.2d 897 (W.D. Tenn. 2003); Royal Surplus Lines v. Sofamor Danek Group, 190 F.R.D. 505 (W.D. Tenn. 1999); Royal Surplus Lines v. Sofamor Danek Group, 190 F.R.D. 463, (W.D. Tenn. 1999). Three separate opinions involving products liability coverage for the Pedicle Screw litigation, dealing with attorney client privilege and other issues related to alleged misrepresentation inducing issuance of a policy of insurance.

Planters Gin Co. v. Federal Compress & Warehouse Co., Inc., 78 S.W.3d 885, (Tenn. Supreme Court 2002). Summary Judgment affirmed for warehouse lessor in a roof collapse case based on lease terms imposing risk of loss on the lessee.

American Environmental Protection, Inc. v. Board of Education of Memphis City Schools, 1996 WL 580999 (Tenn. Appeals 1996). Judgment for asbestos abatement contractor affirmed where subcontractor was guilty of assumption of risk in bidding on a quantity of work after discovering error in the bid invitation.

Wells Fargo and Co. v. Paul Davidson Const. Co., 1992 WL 108703 (Tenn. Appeals 1992). Judgment affirmed for contractor in alleged defective construction of apartment complex based on statute of repose and lack of evidence of fraudulent concealment of construction defects.

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Memphis Bar Association; Treasurer, ADR Section; Tennessee Bar Association; Member

American Bar Association

Tort and Insurance Practice Section

Memphis Lawyers Journal Club

Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association

Formerly Vice President and Director

Defense Research Institute (DRI)

Transportation Lawyers Association

Military Service:

United States Air Force, Captain. Special Agent, Office of Special Investigations ("OSI") 1967-1971

Birth Information: 1945, Van Nuys, CA, United States of America

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