Neil Lloyd

Partner

Neil Lloyd concentrates his practice in analyzing, providing strategic advice concerning, briefing, and arguing complex issues at all stages of litigation.

In his extensive rescue litigation practice, he has persuaded trial and appellate courts to reduce or overturn substantial jury verdicts. He has represented major insurers in the defense of extra-contractual liability claims, manufacturers in the defense of product liability claims, and law firms in the defense of professional malpractice claims.

Mr. Lloyd has tried cases involving ambiguous contracts, punitive damages, and the interplay between statutory and contractual obligations.

He also has successfully litigated cases of first impression involving civil conspiracy, the arbitrability of employment discrimination claims, and the standards for prison medical treatment under the Eighth Amendment.

Experience

• Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Williams, 936 So.2d 888 (Miss. Apr. 20, 2006), setting aside a jury verdict and granting a new trial for failure to bifurcate breach of contract and extra-contractual liability claims.
• Home Ins. Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 164 Fed.Appx. 950, 2006 WL 231646 (11th Cir. 2006), in case of first impression under South Carolina law, rejecting an insured's attempt to obtain coverage for its own wrongful conduct.
• Properties Unlimited, Inc. Realtors v. Cendant Mobility Services, 384 F.3d 917 (7th Cir. 2004), rejecting trial court's attempt to retroactively extend post-trial motion deadline.
• Twin City Fire Ins. Co. v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 375 F.3d 1097 (11th Cir. 2004), granting judgment as a matter of law after trial, finding no coverage and rejecting claim for extra-contractual liability in the absence of coverage.
• Lenahan v. University of Chicago, 348 Ill. App. 3d 155, 808 N.E.2d 1078  (Ill. App. 1st Dist. 2004), rejecting civil conspiracy claim on the pleadings.
• Waddill v. Anchor Hocking, Inc., 190 Or.App. 172 (Or. App. Oct. 22, 2003), reducing punitive damages award from 10:1 to 4:1 ratio on remand from the United States Supreme Court, 538 U.S. 974 (2003).
• Martin Properties, Inc. v. Florida Industries Inv. Corp., 2004 WL 433217 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 04, 2004), in declaratory action, granting summary judgment for the plaintiff, finding no fraud or breach of fiduciary duty.
• Sears Roebuck & Co. v. Emerson Elec. Co., 2003 WL 22057251 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 03, 2003), granting summary judgment and rejecting defendant's challenge to decades-old indemnification agreement based on plaintiff's change of supplier.
• In re Collins, 233 F.3d 809 (3rd Cir. 2000), rejecting challenge to multi-district litigation court's practice of severing and retaining punitive damage claims when remanding federal asbestos personal injury claims for trial.
• McClure v. Owens Corning Fiberglas, 188 Ill.2d 102, 720 N.E.2d 242 (1999), articulating standards for civil conspiracy claims, setting aside a jury verdict, and granting judgment as a matter of law based on evidentiary insufficiency.
• Morin v. Foret, 736 So.2d 279 (La. App. 3d Cir. 1999), reversing defense judgment after bench trial and rendering judgment for the plaintiff in breach of contract action.
  

Pro Bono Activities

• In association with the ABA's Death Penalty Representation Project and the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, Mr. Lloyd for many years has represented an Alabama capital defendant pressing claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.
• In association with the Office of the Illinois Appellate Defender, he has represented criminal defendants in their direct appeals.
• Under appointment from the federal trial and appellate courts in Chicago, he has represented incarcerated persons challenging the conditions of their confinement.
  

Education