Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2017
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $21,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alejandro P. Gutierrez of Hathaway Perrett Webster Powers Chrisman & Gutierrez ; Michael A. Strauss, Daniel J. Palay, Brian D. Hefelfinger of Strauss & Strauss, APC |
| Case: | Martino v. Ecolab Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $12,732,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Glugoski, Michael C. Righetti of Righetti Glugoski, PC; Charles A. Jones, Kelly J. McInerney of Jones Law Firm |
| Case: | In re Wells Fargo |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marisa L. Kautz, Brian J. Mankin of Fernandez & Lauby LLP; Kirk D. Hanson of Law Offices of Kirk D. Hanson |
| Case: | Garcia v. Macy's West Stores Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter R. Dion-Kindem of The Dion-Kindem Law Firm; Lonnie C. Blanchard of Blanchard Law Group, APC; Jeffrey D. Holmes of Holmes Law Group |
| Case: | Lagos v. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University |
| Type: | Class Action, Retaliation, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. Dente of Dente Law, P.C.; Diane E. Richard of Richard Law, P.C.; London D. Meservy of Meservy Law, P.C.; Brian J. Robbins, George C. Aguilar of Robbins Arroyo LLP |
| Case: | Wert v. U.S. Bankcorp |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 5 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ira Spiro of Spiro Law Corp.; Michael D. Singer, J. Jason Hill of Cohelan Khoury & Singer; Jeffrey D. Holmes of Holmes Law Group |
| Case: | Syed v. M-I, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Xinying Valerian, Michael D. Palmer of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP; Dayna L. Chmelka of Gates, O'Doherty, Gonter & Guy LLP |
| Case: | Tymuoi Ha, et al. v. Google Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $4,835,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robin G. Workman, Daniel H. Qualls of Workman Law Firm, PC; Walter L. Haines of United Employees Law Group, PC |
| Case: | McCormack v. WinCo Holdings Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $4,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Rubin, Barbara J. Chisholm, P. Casey Pitts, Matthew J. Murray, Kristin M. García of Altshuler Berzon LLP; Miriam R. Nemeth, Abigail E. Shafroth, Joseph M. Sellers of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC |
| Case: | Ochoa v. McDonald's Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $4,035,600.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas A. Carlin, R. Scott "Randy" Erlewine of Phillips, Erlewine, Given & Carlin LLP; Kirk D. Hanson of Law Offices of Kirk D. Hanson |
| Case: | Dale, et al. v. Lithia Motors, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $3,975,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Hawkins, Christina M. Lucio of James Hawkins APLC; Matthew J. Matern, Dalia Khalili, Tagore Subramaniam of Matern Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Smith v. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $3,775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond P. Boucher, Shehnaz M. Bhujwala, Neil M. Larsen, Brandon Brouillette of Boucher LLP; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Moppin v. Los Robles Medical Center |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $3,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gay C. Grunfeld, Jenny S. Yelin of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP; Jennifer L. Liu of The Liu Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Quinby v. Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Duane Westrup, Cat N. Bulaon of Westrup & Associates; Michael L. Carver, Michelle M. Lunde of Labor Law Office; James R. Hawkins, Gregory E. Mauro of James Hawkins APLC; Jonathan Che Gettleman of Law Office Of Jonathan Che Gettleman |
| Case: | Pina v. Con-way Freight Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Joshua D. Boxer, Roy K. Suh, Dalia Khalili of Matern Law Group P.C.; Neal J. Fialkow, James S. Cahill, Haik Hacopian of Law Offices Neal J. Fialkow; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Rico v. Cardinal Health 200 Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth H. Yoon, Stephanie E. Yasuda of Law Office of Kenneth H. Yoon; Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Douglas Han, Marshall Lurtz of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Hoffman v. Blattner Energy, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John T. Mullan, Chaya M. Mandelbaum, Michelle G. Lee, Erin M. Pulaski of Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP; Jay T. Jambeck, Mandy G. Leigh of Leigh Law Group |
| Case: | Woodruff v. Broadspectrum Downstream Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald H. Bae, Olivia D. Scharrer of Aequitas Legal Group |
| Case: | Scott-George v. PVH Corporation |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron C. Gundzik, Rebecca G. Gundzik of Gartenberg Gelfand Hayton LLP; Marshall A. Caskey, Daniel M. Holzman of Caskey & Holzman |
| Case: | Bromberg v. Fidelity National Information Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Conversion, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott E. Cole, Jeremy A. Graham, Stephen N. Ilg of Scott Cole & Associates, APC |
| Case: | Whitten v. Tilly's Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marcus J. Bradley, Kiley L. Grombacher of Bradley Grombacher; Stanley D. Saltzman, Stephen P. O’Dell of Marlin & Saltzman, LLP; Zorik Mooradian of Law Offices Of Zorik Mooradian |
| Case: | Perez v. Valleycrest Landscape Maintenance Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Farzad Rastegar, Justin F. Marquez of Rastegar Law Group, APC; John J. Glugoski of Righetti Glugoski, PC |
| Case: | Adams v. Marketstar |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian D. Chase, Jerusalem F. Beligan of Bisnar Chase; Daniel F. Gaines, Evan S. Gaines, Alex P. Katofsky of Gaines & Gaines APLC |
| Case: | Nehrlich v. RPM Mortgage Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth H. Yoon, Stephanie E. Yasuda, Brian G. Lee of Law Office of Kenneth H. Yoon |
| Case: | Gutierrez v. Ace Cash Express, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allen W. Graves, Jacqueline S. Treu of The Graves Firm |
| Case: | Barajas v. Marlu Restaurant Group, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $2,375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John T. Mullan, Michelle G. Lee of Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP; James M. Finberg, Eve H. Cervantez, Connie K. Chan of Altshuler Berzon LLP |
| Case: | Spicher v. Aidells Sausage Company |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $2,370,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Park, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Douglas Han of Justice Law Corporation; Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Lankford v. Roseburg Forest Products Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |