Top 50 Class Action Settlements in California in 2016
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $36,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hart L. Robinovitch, Bradley C. Buhrow of Zimmerman, Reed, PLLP; Christopher P. Ridout of Ridout, Lyon & Ottoson, LLP |
| Case: | Jeffrey Etter, et al. v. Thetford Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Defective Design; Product Liability |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $28,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mickel M. Arias, Alfredo Torrijos of Arias Sanguinetti Stahle & Torrijos, LLP; Nicholas A. Coulson, Steven D. Liddle of Liddle & Dubin, PC |
| Case: | Philliben, et al. v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $27,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Antonelli, Janelle C. Carney of Law Office of Joseph Antonelli; Kevin Mahoney, Sean M. Blakely of Mahoney Law Group, APC; Farzad Rastegar of Rastegar Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Mays v. Children's Hospital Los Angeles |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $25,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron M. Olsen, Alreen Haeggquist, Amber L. Eck, Helen I. Zeldes of Zeldes & Haeggquist, LLP; Rachel L. Jensen of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP |
| Case: | Cohen v. Donald J. Trump |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $19,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David W. Sanford, Edward D. Chapin, Felicia M. Medina, Jill S. Sanford, Xinying Valerian of Sanford Heisler, LLP |
| Case: | Dandan Pan, et al. v. Qualcomm Incorporated, et al. |
| Type: | Gender Discrimination |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $12,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shannon E. Liss-Riordan, John E. Duke, Matthew D. Carlson of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, PC |
| Case: | Patrick Cotter vs. Lyft Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $10,622,183.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. Birka-White, Mindy M. Wong of Birka-White Law Offices; John D. Green, Amanda D. Hairston, Unnati Gandhi of Farella Braun + Martel LLP |
| Case: | Kuffner v. Suntech America Inc. |
| Type: | Property Damage; Breach of Warranty; Consumer Protection |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $9,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shawn A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Light, James I. Jaconette of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Lionel Z. Glancy, Robert V. Prongay, Casey E. Sadler of Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP; Jonathan Gardner, Guillaume Buell of Labaton Sucharow LLP |
| Case: | Firerock Global Opportunity Fund LP v. Castlight Health, Inc. |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $8,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher P. Seefer, David W. Hall, Shawn A. Williams, Samuel H. Rudman, Mary K. Blasy of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Joel H. Bernstein, David J. Goldsmith, Christopher J. Keller, Michael W. Stocker of Labaton Sucharow LLP |
| Case: | Plymouth County Retirement System v. Model N, Inc. |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $7,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anne K. Richardson, Cornelia Dai, Dan L. Stormer, Joshua Piovia-Scott, Randall R. Renick of Hadsell Stormer & Renick LLP |
| Case: | Lynne Wang, et al. vs. Chinese Daily News Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $6,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John K. Grant, Ekaterini M. Polychronopoulos, Jeffrey D. Light of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Corey D. Holzer, Marshall P. Dees of Holzer & Holzer LLC; Brian J. Robbins, Stephen J. Oddo of Robbins Arroyo LLP |
| Case: | Robinson v. Audience Inc. |
| Type: | Securities Fraud |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Maxwell M. Blecher of Blecher Collins Pepperman & Joye, PC; Larry W. Lee, Nicholas Rosenthal of Diversity Law Group PC; Dennis S. Hyun of Hyun Legal, APC |
| Case: | Bararsani v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Company |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $4,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jared Hague, S. Brett Sutton of Sutton Hague Law Corporation PC; Zachary M. Crosner of Crosner Legal PC; Eric B. Kingsley of Kingsley & Kingsley APC |
| Case: | Aguirre v. Mariani Nut Company Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $2,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Janelle C. Carney, Jason T. Hatcher, Joseph Antonelli of Law Office of Joseph Antonelli; Gregg Lander, Kevin T. Barnes of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; David H. Greenberg of Law Office of David H. Greenberg |
| Case: | Hart v. Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Barnes of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Delao v. Oldcastle Building Products Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC; Kevin I. Shenkman, Mary R. Hughes of Shenkman & Hughes |
| Case: | Kelley v. The Related Companies of California L.L.C. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kiley L. Grombacher, Marcus J. Bradley of Bradley Grombacher; Christine M. Adams of Adams Law |
| Case: | Pittacora v. Aurora Vista Del Mar LLC |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,725,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric A. Grover of Keller Grover LLP; Kenneth S. Gaines, Daniel F. Gaines, Alex P. Katofsky, Sepideh Ardestani of Gaines & Gaines APLC |
| Case: | Adams v. Sam's West Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arif Virji, Michael D. McConathy, Gary M. Ittig of Lynch, Gilardi & Grummer |
| Case: | Barnard v. Centex Real Estate Corporation |
| Type: | Fraud; Real Property |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zev B. Zysman of Law Offices of Zev B. Zysman, APC |
| Case: | Furman v. Station Casinos LLC |
| Type: | Privacy |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Santos Gomez of Law Offices of Santos Gomez |
| Case: | Tello v. Marz Farms Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Philip C. Monrad, Aaron D. Kaufmann of Leonard Carder LLP |
| Case: | Adams v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles A. Jones, Kelly J. McInerney of Jones Law Firm |
| Case: | Barber v. Grundfos Pumps Corp. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand of The Nourmand Law Firm APC; Eric B. Kingsley of Kingsley & Kingsley APC; Thomas J. Milhaupt of Milhaupt and Cohen, APC |
| Case: | Montiel v. Ecology Control Industries Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Graham Hollis of GrahamHollis APC |
| Case: | Parmelee v. Driveline Retail Merchandising Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $975,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Daniel J. Park of Justice Law Corporation; Jong Yun Kim of Law Offices of Jong Yun Kim |
| Case: | Ross v. Alsmadi |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik of Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik |
| Case: | Abu-Arafeh v. Norco Delivery Service Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kashif Haque, Samuel A. Wong, Jessica L. Campbell of Aegis Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Perez v. West Coast Liquidators Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marvin E. Krakow, Michael S. Morrison of Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP; Dimitrios V. Korovilas, Jason M. Wucetich of Wucetich & Korovilas LLP |
| Case: | Bernardino v. NCS Pearson Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $822,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carol A. Sobel, John P. Given of Law Office of Carol A. Sobel |
| Case: | Lavan v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation; Personal Property; Search & Seizure |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $815,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Santos Gomez of Law Offices of Santos Gomez |
| Case: | Fabian v. Mandalay Berry Farms |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Mahoney, Sean M. Blakely, Nicholas D. Poper of Mahoney Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Lopez v. Pulmuone Foods USA, Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $765,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Hawkins of James Hawkins APLC |
| Case: | Murray v. Ralphs Grocery Company |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $680,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Farzad Rastegar, Joshua N. Lange of Rastegar Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Meza v. Source Refrigeration & HVAC Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $675,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Travis E. Hodgkins of Civil Justice Law, PC; Joseph Cho of Latria Law PC |
| Case: | Centeno v. Daniels Tire Service |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $675,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kashif Haque, Samuel A. Wong, Jessica L. Campbell of Aegis Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Gray v. Mountain View Child Care Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Strauss, Andrew C. Ellison of Strauss & Strauss, APC |
| Case: | Tinker v. Helios Media LLC |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $640,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul K. Haines, Tuvia Korobkin, Fletcher W. Schmidt of Haines Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Horta v. Searles Valley Minerals Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $635,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Cho of Latria Law PC; Ronald H. Bae of Aequitas Legal Group |
| Case: | Ruiz v. BAH California Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $610,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel A. Wong, Jessica L. Campbell, Kashif Haque of Aegis Law Firm, PC; Samantha A. Smith, Scott B. Cooper of The Cooper Law Firm, PC; Joseph Lavi, Jordan D. Bello of Lavi & Ebrahimian, LLP |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. SFFI Company Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $603,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas J. Scardigli of Mayall & Hurley, PC |
| Case: | Taylor v. Meadowbrook Meat Company Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marisa L. Kautz of Law Offices of Marisa L. Kautz; Brian J. Mankin of Fernandez & Lauby LLP |
| Case: | Collado v. Intelligrated Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alex P. Katofsky, Daniel F. Gaines, Kenneth S. Gaines, Sepideh Ardestani of Gaines & Gaines APLC |
| Case: | Keebaugh v. Mike Thompson Recreational Vehicles |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Lederer v. Urban Home |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Brett Sutton, Jared Hague of Sutton Hague Law Corporation PC |
| Case: | Nickeson v. Pacific Distributing Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald H. Bae, Olivia D. Scharrer, Joseph Cho, Travis E. Hodgkins, Autumn E. Love, Christopher J. Canlas of Aequitas Legal Group |
| Case: | Delgado v. C.A. Hofmann Construction Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth S. Gaines, Daniel F. Gaines, Alex P. Katofsky, Sepideh Ardestani, Evan S. Gaines of Gaines & Gaines APLC |
| Case: | Contreras v. Osmose Utilities Services Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Donald C. Potter of Law Offices of Donald Potter |
| Case: | Mendoza v. United Furniture Industries CA Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $499,999.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carolyn H. Cottrell, Nicole N. Coon of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns LLP |
| Case: | Jeter-Polk v. Casual Male Store LLC |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $499,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steve K. Wasserman, Karin R. Leavitt, of Wasserman Law Group; Craig J. Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef, PC |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Saia Motor Freight Line LLC |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik of Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik |
| Case: | Waldhart v. Mastec North America Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $445,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric B. Kingsley, Liane Katzenstein Ly of Kingsley & Kingsley APC |
| Case: | Oliva v. Frozsun Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik of Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik |
| Case: | Renazco v. Unisys Technical Services LLC |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $354,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allen B. Felahy, Oscar Ramirez, Jennifer Yanni of Felahy Trial Lawyers APC; George Chakmakis of Chakmakis & Associates |
| Case: | Robles v. Phase II Transportation Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $351,871.00 |
| Attorneys: | William M. Krieg, Eric M. Kapigian of Kemnitzer, Barron & Krieg, LLP |
| Case: | Torres v. Cain Business Enterprises Inc. |
| Type: | Consumer Protection; Banking/Finance |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian S. Kabateck, Hrag H. Kouyoumjian, Joshua H. Haffner of Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP |
| Case: | Chapin v. Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center |
| Type: | Privacy |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric B. Kingsley, Kelsey M. Szamet, Liane Katzenstein Ly, Ari J. Stiller, David S. Winston of Kingsley & Kingsley APC |
| Case: | Valdivia v. Minsley Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tina B. Odjaghian of Odjaghian Law Group; Dennis F. Moss of Dennis F. Moss |
| Case: | Miller v. Reebok International Ltd. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ari E. Moss of Moss Bollinger LLP; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Loya v. Real Time Staffing Services Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages |