Top 50 Labor & Employment Verdicts in California in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 Labor & Employment jury verdicts (plaintiff and cross-claimant) obtained in California in the year 2017. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $60,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrence M. Artenian, Daniel M. Kopfman, Nicholas J. P. Wagner, Andrew B. Jones, Angela E. Martinez of Wagner, Jones, Kopfman & Artenian LLP; Stanley D. Saltzman, Russell D. Myrick of Marlin & Saltzman, LLP |
| Case: | Bryan, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $25,142,120.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tamara Freeze, Robert A. Odell of Workplace Justice Advocates, PLC |
| Case: | Babyak v. Cardiovascular Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $24,289,696.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher H. Whelan of Law Offices of Christopher H. Whelan, Inc.; Brian D. Whelan of Whelan Law Group |
| Case: | King v. U.S. Bank National Association |
| Type: | Defamation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $17,394,972.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd F. Nevell, Daniel G. Sheldon of Scolinos, Sheldon & Nevell |
| Case: | Pearl v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $16,673,514.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Mark I. Lim of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; Pedram "Peter" A. Javanmardi of Javanmardi Law |
| Case: | Moland v. McWane Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $15,544,413.00 |
| Attorneys: | Damien J. Miranda of Law Office of Damien J. Miranda, APC |
| Case: | Santos-Vidal v. Hongye |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas V. Girardi, Keith D. Griffin of Girardi | Keese; Ebby S. Bakhtiar of Livingston Bakhtiar; Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Astorga v. Snap-On Logistics Company |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Defamation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $12,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Newman of Robert D. Newman, Attorney at Law; Cornelia Dai, Randy Renick of Hadsell Stormer & Renick LLP; Bertram G. Voorhees, Lauren K. Teukolsky, Rebecca P. Fisher of Traber & Voorhees |
| Case: | Murphy v. CVS Caremark Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric A. Panitz, Michael A. DesJardins of DesJardins & Panitz LLP; J. Bernard Alexander, III, Joshua M. Arnold of Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP |
| Case: | Flores v. Office Depot Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $8,461,391.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Mark I. Lim of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Mitchell v. SEIU Local 721, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $7,960,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James M. Wagstaffe, Michael von Loewenfeldt, Ivo M. Labar, Kenneth Nabity , Kevin B. Clune of Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP |
| Case: | Wadler v. Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $6,169,140.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy D. McGonigle of Law Office of Timothy D. McGonigle P.C; George G. Braunstein, Clark Anthony Braunstein of Braunstein & Braunstein, PC |
| Case: | Saied v. Centro Medico Community Clinic |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $5,020,042.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patricio T. Barrera, Ashley A. Davenport of Barrera & Associates |
| Case: | Colucci v. T-Mobile USA Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $4,772,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vincent J. Miller of The Law Offices of Vincent Miller |
| Case: | Green v. City of South Pasadena |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $3,044,413.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrance A. Bohm, Zane E. Hilton, Teal O. Miller, Erik M. Roper of Bohm Law Group, Inc.; Erika M. Gaspar of Law Office of Erika M. Gaspar |
| Case: | Barrie v. California Department of Transportation |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,630,987.00 |
| Attorneys: | Therese Y. Cannata, Mark P. Fickes, Karl Olson of Cannata, O'Toole, Fickes & Almazan LLP |
| Case: | Hoeper v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Mira Hashmall, Casey B. Sypek of Miller Barondess LLP |
| Case: | Coyle v. Regents of The University of California, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,829,160.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Begazo v. Passages Silver Strand L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,693,335.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells, Leila K. Al Faiz of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith; Christopher Brizzolara of Christopher Brizzolara Attorney At Law |
| Case: | O’Hara v. City of Long Beach |
| Type: | Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,680,300.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen R. Cornwell of Cornwell & Sample LLP; Todd B. Barsotti of Barsotti Law PLC; Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Barkley v. Bank of The West |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,613,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Katrina A. Foley, Sachiyo Y. Miller, Nida L. Henderson of The Foley Group PLC; B. James Pantone of Pantone Law |
| Case: | Lopez v. Morgan |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,530,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James A. Otto of Law Office of James A. Otto; Regina Ashkinadze of Elkin Gamboa & Ashkinadze LLP |
| Case: | Navarro v. DHL Global Forwarding |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells, Leila K. Al Faiz of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith |
| Case: | Mcbride v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,180,209.00 |
| Attorneys: | Terry M. Goldberg, Bradley C. Gage, Milad Sadr of Law Offices of Goldberg & Gage; Peter J. Horton of Newman & Horton LLP |
| Case: | Garcia v. City of Chula Vista |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $804,001.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; Ebby S. Bakhtiar of Livingston Bakhtiar |
| Case: | Williams v. Ralphs Grocery Co. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Burgis, Zhenia Burgis of Michael Burgis & Associates, P.C.; Teresa A. Johnson, Daniel K. Kramer of Kramer Holcomb Sheik LLP |
| Case: | Abarca v. Citizens of Humanity L.L.C. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $626,600.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tristan G. Pelayes, Jacob P. Menicucci of Wagner & Pelayes, LLP |
| Case: | Rojas v. Albaba, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Unpaid Wages, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $605,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John A. Shepardson of The Law Office of John A. Shepardson; Mark L. Venardi, Martin Zurada of Venardi Zurada LLP |
| Case: | Elizondo v. California Department of Transportation |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $578,425.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason M. Erlich of McCormack & Erlich LLP; Michael J. DePaul of Top DePaul LLP |
| Case: | Sullivan v. Save Mart Supermarkets |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey A. Rager, James Y. Yoon of The Rager Law Firm |
| Case: | Lave v. Charter Communications L.L.C. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $492,114.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC; Aaron M. Olsen of Haeggquist & Eck, LLP |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $474,004.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven M. Rubin, Paymon Mondegari, Jorge N. Anwandter of The Rubin Law Corporation; James H. Cordes of James H. Cordes, Attorney at Law |
| Case: | Mecredy v. Sonic Industries Inc. |
| Type: | Defamation, Labor & Employment |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $420,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James A. Clark, Renee N. Parras of Tower Legal Group, PC |
| Case: | Abinante v. The Fremont-Rideout Health Group |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $387,895.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dustin L. Collier, Joshua Socks, VaLinda G. Kyrias of Collier Law Firm |
| Case: | Sargent v. Board of Trustees of California State University; Dawson |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Olivas-Dean v. American Meizhou Dongpo Group Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $335,097.00 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Gallo, Devon R. Franza of Law Offices of David J. Gallo |
| Case: | Woodruff v. County of San Diego In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Wage Disputes |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $324,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Pouya B. Chami of Chami Law PC; Grant D. Waterkotte, Tristan A. Mullis of Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin PC |
| Case: | Herzig v. Regina L. Edmond, M.D., Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Wage Disputes |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $309,310.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Dalia Khalili, Debra J. Tauger of Matern Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Navarro v. 4earth Farms Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Twila S. White of Law Office of Twila S. White; Iverson M. Jackson of Iverson Matthew Jackson Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Barber v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, et al. |
| Type: | Defamation, Hostile Work Environment, Negligent Supervision, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $293,958.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lowell W. Finson of Finson Law Firm; Jennifer A. Lenze of Lenze Lawyers, PLC |
| Case: | Nejadian v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $292,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian G. Hannemann of Hannemann Law Firm; Marc D. Mabile of Law Offices of Marc D. Mabile; Jonathan A. Weinman, Zach Broslavsky of Broslavsky & Weinman LLP |
| Case: | Whitfield v. Broadspectrum Downstream Services Inc. |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $178,200.00 |
| Attorneys: | Louis H. Kreuzer, Joseph M. Herbert of Law Office of Louis H. Kreuzer II ; Robert A. Hennig, Sereena J. Singh of Hennig Ruiz Law Firm |
| Case: | Zhang v. Amgen Inc. |
| Type: | Gender Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Retaliation, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $176,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey C. Lyon, Christopher L. Garcia of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Ware v. J K M Equipment Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $172,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sarah B. Schlehr, Svetlana Kuperman of The Schlehr Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Doutt v. Human Healthy Vending LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $155,584.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen B. Morris of The Law Office of Stephen B. Morris; Paul W. Wong of Law Offices of Paul Wong; Brian E. Watkins of Brian Watkins & Associates; Saman J. Nasseri of Nasseri Legal |
| Case: | Diab v. Global Interpretation Services, et al. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $135,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul M. Hittelman of Law Offices of Paul M. Hittelman; Nicholas K. Cameron of Law Offices of Nicholas Cameron & Associates |
| Case: | Ramirez v. Hisco International Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Labor & Employment |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $126,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian G. Hannemann of Hannemann Law Firm; Joshua D. Milon, Angel D. Pluas of Milon Pluas LLP |
| Case: | Lesick v. Centinela Valley Endoscopy Center Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $119,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey C. McIntyre, Robert Garcia Jr. of Law Offices of Jeffrey C. McIntyre |
| Case: | Assaad v. State of California |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, National Origin Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $105,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert N. Hocker of Browning Hocker; Patricia P. Hollenbeck , Heather U. Guerena of Duane Morris LLP |
| Case: | Miller v. Frisbee |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Conversion, Labor & Employment, Wage Disputes |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sarah B. Schlehr, Sonia M. Pflaster, Christa L. Riggins of The Schlehr Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Houlemard v. Steinberg, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment |