Case Results
The following is a list of some of the cases in which Attorney Keith L.Miller has represented clients and recovered money damages by trial or settlement. Click on the highlighted title for a more detailed description of the case.
Recent Results
• Legal Malpractice: A 5 year old child died in a propane gas explosion in a summer house. Lawyers hired to prosecute the case permitted the claims to be dismissed for failure to timely provide discovery. The case was mediated and settled for a total payment of $1.8 Million.
• Breach of Contract: The minority members of an LLC created to acquire a 6800 acre development parcel of land in northern California were deprived of any proceeds of a sale of the land, which resulted in gross profits of several million dollars. Following demand, the parties mediated the case and the minority members obtained a settlement for $2.85 Million.
Class B Members v. THF O'Connell, LLC
Personal Injury
• Wife of operator of Toyota 4Runner who died after being ejected from vehicle collects $400,000 for defective unusable seatbelt
• Tourist awaiting MBTA green line trolley next to railway repair crew recovers $500,000 after being struck in eye with steel splinter
• Garbage truck operator struck in the face by steel hook used for raising dumpster collects over $300,000 from property owner whose employee improperly attached hook to dumpster
Plaintiff v. Maloney Properties
• Wife of passenger in small plane, which crashed onto highway while being operated by intoxicated pilot collects over $600,000 from flying school, which rented plane
• Operator of motor vehicle struck by police cruiser responding to shooting obtains jury verdict against City for failure to yield to traffic
Insurance Bad Faith
• Truck owner/operator collects $400,000 after jury rejects insurer's claim that owner set fire to truck and thereby committed insurance fraud
Plaintiff v. Feingold Insurance
• Son whose father was shot and killed by his mother's second husband collects $100,000 from insurer who initially claimed that shooting was intentional and therefore not covered under homeowner's policy
Plaintiff v. Eastguard Insurance
Professional Malpractice
• Landowner who hired attorney to assist with purchase of abutting land held by estate of former partner collects $395,000 when attorney failed to timely submit last and highest offer to probate court
• Father collects $235,000 from attorney who failed to preserve safety helmet as evidence, which his deceased son was wearing when a felled tree landed on his head. Son was working for a tree surgeon
• Dentist collects just under $100,000 from attorney who negotiated terms of sale of his practice when dentist/buyer refused to make payments and sales agreement gave him no reasonable recourse in event of default in payments
• Patient collects $95,000 from primary care physician who failed to treat skin lesion after taking biopsy of skin tissue, which showed presence of basal cell carcinoma
Construction Law
• Contractor obtains jury verdict and collects 1.5 million dollars from City of Boston for unforeseen asbestos removal work on Brighton High School
S&S Contracting v. City of Boston
• Contractor terminated for refusing to perform illegal work on demolition project recovers over $150,000 from owner
• Contractor sued for rental charges for underground sheeting and shoring recovers $95,000 on counterclaim for interference with contractual advantage
• Contractor in AAA arbitration recovers $90,000 award for extra costs to adjust and install defective pre-cut limestone on Boston landmark building
NER Construction v. Rechel Stone
Commercial/Contract Litigation
• Donut shop licensee obtains $850,000 jury verdict from licensor who provided false sales information to induce purchase of turnkey donut shop
• Seller of insolvent circuit board company holding junior secured note collects $800,000 from new buyer who failed to disclose to court that it had acquired the first secured position on the company's assets
• Insurance agency collects $250,000 from its underwriter following mediation of dispute over forced sale of company
• Sales representative collects $100,000 plus jury verdict for unpaid commissions earned selling voice personal advertising system to newspapers
Unfair Business Practices
• Donut shop licensee obtains $850,000 jury verdict from licensor who provided false sales information to induce purchase of turnkey donut shop
• Truck owner/operator collects $400,000 after jury rejects insurer's claim that owner set fire to truck and thereby committed insurance fraud
