Stern Miller & Higdon

09/10/09

FRAUD

by CitySearcher09 at Citysearch

Stern, Miller, and Higdon are a COMPLETE FRAUD. I personally dealt with Adam Miller and his equally rude assistant Violet Perales upon being involved in a car accident (the other person impacted my vehicle).

First of all, I had to obtain the report of the accident myself because they would do NOTHING to begin my case, not even that! I felt like I was spoon-feeding so-called “professionals.” Both Adam and Violet refused to return calls and e-mails as well (and trust me, I am not the type of person to nag either, so that wasn’t the reason they ignored me). However, when Violet miraculously returned a call, she would raise her voice at me and treat me in the most disrespectful manner imaginable. Her ineffectiveness was so great, I spent around a month without a car because she never arranged for me to rent a car. Needless to say, I could NEVER count on either Adam or Violet to give me guidance, so I made plenty of mistakes like losing lots of money that was never reimbursed.

My first meeting with Adam went by smoothly, but by the second meeting he had no idea who I was! This proves how much attention he had been paying to the case…

I met Violet in person that second time as well. Her attitude was surprisingly calm, but she proved she had NO idea what she was doing. She end up having to call Adam for assistance.

About the money…

Adam changed the quantity of money I was going to receive each time I talked to him. He gave me a “detailed” list of all the damages and what I was going to receive in our 2nd and last meeting, yet some quantities I was to have reimbursed were missing from that list. I tried to reason with him, but gave up. After all, 9 months was ENOUGH. All I wanted to do was end this.

I practically had to beg Adam to try to get some money from the property damage because since the beginning, they had refused to pay any attention to my car’s damage (around $8,000 in damages!). Since I was never guided by Adam or Violet, I paid for many hospital fees which I later found out I wasn’t supposed to pay, and I lost the money in the end, which they said they could not reimbursed.

To sum things up, I lost A LOT of money, spent 9 months babying a lawyer and his assistant, and stressed like NEVER BEFORE. In the end, Adam was left his a huge chunk of money that I can assure he was not supposed to get (I've got proof). I was left with a feeling of betrayal, disgust, and empty pockets…

By the way, the receptionists are about the rudest people I've met as well. A good morning or good afternoon doesn't hurt anyone. They however, are about as uneducated as they come...just like Miller and Perales.

Stern, Miller, and Higdon are a FRAUD I would NEVER recommend!!!

• Cons: Lying, fraudulent, lack of professionalism