California Supreme Court Refuses to Review Appellate Court Decision in Miller Case
April 25 2008 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
PRECLUDES MILLER FROM SEEKING STATUTORY DAMAGES OF $10.5 MILLION
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLCT), a leading provider of
value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and
collectors of high-value collectibles, and dealers of diamonds and
colored gemstones, reported that on April 23, 2008, the California
Supreme Court denied William Miller's petition for review of the
Appellate Court's decision, issued in February 2008, that Miller is
not entitled to statutory damages of $10.5 million against
Collectors Universe. As previously reported, Miller had argued that
he was entitled, under California law, to statutorily prescribed
damages of $750 for each alleged use of his name by Collectors
Universe without his consent and that, since a jury at the trial of
the case found that Miller's name appeared on 14,060 authentication
certificates issued by Collectors Universe, he was entitled to
statutory damages of $750.00 times 14,060, or approximately $10.5
million in total. The Appellate Court ruled, instead, that the use
of his name constituted, at most, a single violation of the statute
in question and, therefore, Miller was entitled to no more than
$750.00 in statutory damages. Miller then filed a petition with the
California Supreme Court seeking a review by that Court of the
Appellate Court's decision. As a result of the Supreme Court's
action to deny a review of the Appellate Court's decision, if
Miller decides to pursue his claims once again, his only option
would be to file, on or before July 7, 2008 for a new trial to
reinstate his statutory and common law claims as well as his claim
for punitive damages. In any such new trial he would first have to
prove that Collectors Universe violated his statutory or common law
rights and, even if he succeeded in doing so, he would have to show
how, if at all, he was damaged. He would not, however, be entitled
to multiply $750.00 by the number of times, if any, that Collectors
Universe used his name without his consent, as his measure of
damages. The Company cannot predict whether Miller will seek a new
trial. About Collectors Universe Collectors Universe, Inc. is a
leading provider of value added services to the high-value
collectibles and diamond and colored gemstones markets. The Company
authenticates and grades collectible coins, sports cards,
autographs, stamps, currency, diamonds and colored gemstones. The
Company also compiles and publishes authoritative information about
United States and world coins, collectible sports cards and sports
memorabilia, collectible stamps, diamonds and colored gemstones.
This information is accessible to collectors and dealers at the
Company's web site, http://www.collectors.com/, and is also
published in print. Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward Looking
Information This news release contains statements regarding our
expectations, beliefs or views about our future financial
performance, which constitute "forward- looking statements" as
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words
such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan,"
"estimate," "project," or future or conditional verbs such as
"will," "would," "should," "could," or "may." Due to a number of
risks and uncertainties to which our business is subject, our
actual financial performance in the future may differ, possibly
significantly, from our expected financial performance as set forth
in the forward looking statements contained in this news release.
Information regarding those risks and uncertainties, and their
possible impact on our future financial performance, include, but
are not limited to, the risks that our strategy to expand into new
collectibles and other high value asset markets, such as the
diamond and colored gemstone markets, and to offer new services in
our existing markets will not be successful in enabling us to
improve our profitability or may even cause us to incur losses.
Additional information regarding these and other risks and
uncertainties to which our business is subject is contained in our
Annual Report on Form 10- K for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2007
which we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 13, 2007. Due to those risks and uncertainties, readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements contained in this news release, which speak only as of
its date, or to make predictions about future performance based
solely on historical financial performance. We also disclaim any
obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in this
news release or in our Annual Report on our Reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Contact: Joe Wallace Brandi
Piacente Chief Financial Officer Investor Relations Collectors
Universe The Piacente Group 949-567-1245 212-481-2050 Email: Email:
DATASOURCE: Collectors Universe, Inc. CONTACT: Joe Wallace, Chief
Financial Officer of Collectors Universe, +1-949-567-1245, ; or
Brandi Piacente, Investor Relations of The Piacente Group,
+1-212-481-2050, , for Collectors Universe, Inc. Web site:
http://www.collectors.com/
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