Representative Cases

Representative Business Law Cases

In addition to defending major corporations (such as AT&T Corporation, NCR Corporation, Cooper Industries) and smaller businesses, the trial lawyers at the California law firm of Perez & Miller have also represented individuals in court and in arbitration. We offer legal counsel in a wide variety of business law related areas and go to great lengths for our clients, often taking on larger law firms.

The following is an illustrative list of some of the types of cases that the attorneys of Perez & Miller have pursued, with their clients represented in bold.

• Dhillon v. Chevron Corporation: $3,251,675.90, including post-judgment interest and $474,436.50 in attorney's fees and costs, on behalf of a dealer for breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing in the purchase of a service station. Affirmed on appeal, 2004.
• Glovatorium, Inc. v. NCR Corporation: (9th Circ. 1982) 684 F.2d 658: $2,300,000 judgment, including $2,000,000+ in punitive damages, one of the country's largest awards for fraud in the sale of a computer system
• Webster Street Partners, Ltd. vs. Pacific Region Investments: alternative judgments of $4,000,000+, including $1,300,000 in punitive damages, for fraud against the purchaser of an option to buy land, or a 10% interest in net proceeds from a large Oakland high rise office building; affirmed on appeal
• Miller & Facchini v. Garaventa: $5,250,000 fraud verdict against limited partners, settled
• MGW, Inc. v. Fredricks Development Corporation, et al.: $2,700,000 judgment, $2,000,000 in punitive damages, for interference with an oral brokerage agreement, affirmed on appeal
• NCR Corporation v. 3M Corporation: $1,675,000 arbitration award for breach of contract
• Morrow & Company, Inc. v. John Muir Investors, et al.: $1,250,000 judgment, $585,000 in punitive damages, for interference with a real estate broker's oral listing, affirmed on appeal
• Beaver Insurance Company v. Burroughs Corporation: $799,300 for fraud in the lease of a computer system, affirmed on appeal
• McCarthy, et al. v. Tahoe Savings & Loan Association: $125,000 in punitive damages and $5,000 in actual damages for wrongful exercise of a due-on-sale clause, the only known decision of its kind in California
• Robinson vs. Tipton: jury verdict in an assault case of $100,000+ in emotional distress damages based upon medical expenditures of less than $5,000; settled for $150,000 to avoid punitive damage phase.

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