Top 10 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 Labor & Employment settlements obtained in California in the year 2018. The list is comprised of various case types that were filed either in state or federal courts.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam T. Klein, Rachel Bien, Jahan C. Sagafi, Rachel W. Dempsey of Outten & Golden, LLP |
| Case: | Ingrid Avendano, et al. v. Uber Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Gender Discrimination, Unfair Business Practices, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $9,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger R. Carter of The Carter Law Firm; Marc H. Phelps of The Phelps Law Group; Michael D. Singer of Cohelan Khoury & Singer |
| Case: | Jones v. Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Daniel J. Bass of Matern Law Group P.C.; Nicholas A. Carlin, R. Scott "Randy" Erlewine of Phillips, Erlewine, Given & Carlin LLP |
| Case: | Capote v. DCH Auto Group (USA), Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; James M. Trush of Trush Law Office |
| Case: | Williams v. Allstate Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $5,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Stephanie S. Ponek of Lawyers for Justice PC; Kitty K. Szeto, Alexander R. Wheeler, R. Rex Parris of PARRIS; Mary R. Hughes, Kevin I. Shenkman of Shenkman & Hughes; Douglas Han of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Kroll v. Regus Management Group L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kitty K. Szeto, John M. Bickford, Ryan A. Crist of PARRIS |
| Case: | DeJesus, et al. v. Frozsun, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $4,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Brandon Brouillette, Ruhandy Glezakos, Arnab Banerjee of Capstone Law APC; Joshua H. Haffner, Brian S. Kabateck, Cheryl A. Kenner, Anastasia K. Mazzella , Kevin S. Conlogue of Kabateck LLP |
| Case: | Vargas v. Andrews International Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $4,575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Matthew W. Gordon of Matern Law Group P.C.; Dennis P. Wilson of Wilson Trial Group; Brandon J. Sweeney of The Sweeney Law Firm, APC; Grant J. Savoy, Shoham J. Solouki of Solouki | Savoy, LLP |
| Case: | Hernandez v. DSJ West Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $4,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cornelia Dai, Randy Renick, Springsong Cooper of Hadsell Stormer & Renick LLP; Richard G. McCracken of McCracken, Stemerman & Holsberry, LLP; David H. Yeremian, Hugo E. Gamez of David Yeremian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Martinez v. Flying Food Group Pacific Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert L. Esensten , Jordan S. Esensten of Esensten Law; Michael A. Gould, Aarin P. Zeif of Gould & Associates |
| Case: | Garrido v. American Air Liquide Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sandeep J. Shah, Samir I. Sheth of Shah Sheth LLP; Gregory P. Wong of Adept Employment Law APC; Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Guerra, et al. v. Graphic Packaging Intl., Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment |