Attorney Matthew Robert Miller's Legal Cases

Consumer protection

Farace v. Feher

Jan 06, 2012

OUTCOME: $261,357.90

We represented an investor who was scammed out of a quarter million dollars. The defendant broker convinced plaintiff to “invest” $261,357.90 in a gas station near Palm Springs with a series of lies a ... bout its viability. Defendant broker then waited six months for the property to into foreclosure. When it did, Defendant broker bought the property out of foreclosure for $50,000. Plaintiff lost almost a quarter of a million dollars; Defendant risked nothing and walked away with a Gas Station near Palm Springs. The broker blamed the market for Plaintiff’s loss and offered $10,000 to settle. After a week long bench trial Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel found for Plaintiff on all counts including fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence and awarded plaintiff $261,357.90. In addition, the Court disregarded the Defendant’s corporate entities thus leaving Defendant liable for the full amount.

Class action

Francis v. San Diego Progressive

Apr 21, 2011

OUTCOME: Case settled for $450,000.00

Consumer Class Action involving over 600 plaintiffs against three hotels in San Diego that were accused of violating landlord / tenant laws and regulations.

Class action

Discount Tire Class Action

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OUTCOME: 3 million dollar settlement

The firm was co-lead counsel in a wage-and-hour class-action case on behalf of more than 2,500 employees who were improperly classified as "exempt" from overtime laws and did not receive the proper mea ... l and rest breaks. The case settled for over $3 million after nearly 13 months of litigation and discovery. The case involved the filing and opposing of several motions, including motions to prevent the firm from speaking to potential class members. The firm also received over 50,000 pages of documents that were reviewed and organized. After two months of lengthy settlements discussions, the case settled.

Class action

Macy's Class Action

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OUTCOME: 10 million dollar Settlement

We represented a class of over 3,000 employees of one of the largest retailers in the country. The lawsuit alleged that the retailer wrongly classified these employees as managers when they were perfo ... rming the same duties as subordinates. This was done to deprive these employees millions of dollars in overtime pay. The retailer fought us at every stage in the litigation. For example, they dumped over 600,000 pages of documents on us in hopes that we would not look at them. We did. And, in the process uncovered several documents that established our claims - - including an admission that the retail giant was violating the law by wrongly labeling employees as managers.

Civil rights

Robinson v. Prunty

N/A

OUTCOME: $100,000

In 2003, the firm settled a federal civil rights action against the warden and certain correctional officers of Calipatria State Prison (Robinson v. Prunty US Dist. Court, Southern District 98CV-0676.) ... The firm’s client was an inmate who was a victim of prison sponsored “gladiator fights.” Aware of racial tensions between African-Americans and Mexicans, Defendants placed inmates of different into small exercise yards that resembled locked cages knowing that a fight would ensue. To stop these fights, which they created, the guards would fire guns and launch gas canister at the inmates. During the litigation, the firm was able to obtain video-tapes that graphically showed the “gladiator fights.” Interestingly, the specific tapes of the firm’s client disappeared. The case lasted several years, and involved Defendants’ several motions for summary judgment and appeals. It finally settled after months of settlement discussions and only days before trial was to commence.

Matthew Robert Miller's Legal Cases (5)

Farace v. Feher

Francis v. San Diego Progressive

Discount Tire Class Action

Macy's Class Action

Robinson v. Prunty