Top 20 Class Action Settlements in California in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 Class Action 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: | $480,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Blair A. Nicholas of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP |
| Case: | Hefler, et al. v. Wells Fargo & Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $195,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew S. Friedman, Francis J. Balint, Jr. of Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint P.C.; Adam M. Moskowitz of The Moskowitz Law Firm |
| Case: | Feller, et al. v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, Insurance Bad Faith, Intentional Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc M. Seltzer of Susman Godfrey LLP; Andrew J. Entwistle of Entwistle & Cappucci LLP |
| Case: | Timber Hill LLC v. Pershing Square Capital Management L.P., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $17,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lionel Z. Glancy, Robert V. Prongay, Robert V. Prongay, Lesley F. Portnoy, Charles H. Linehan of Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP; Daniel S. Sommers, S. Douglas Bunch of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC |
| Case: | Schwartz v. Opus Bank |
| Type: | Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort, Constructive Fraud |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $12,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clifford H. Pearson, Daniel L. Warshaw, Bobby Pouya of Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP; Douglas L Johnson, Neville L Johnson, James T. Ryan of Johnson & Johnson LLP; Paul R. Kiesel, Jeffrey A. Koncius , Nicole A. Ramirez of Kiesel Law LLP; Raymond P. Boucher, Shehnaz M. Bhujwala of Boucher LLP |
| Case: | Donen Films Inc. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Conversion |
| 6 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clifford H. Pearson, Daniel L. Warshaw, Bobby Pouya of Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP; Douglas L Johnson, Neville L Johnson, James T. Ryan of Johnson & Johnson LLP; Paul R. Kiesel, Jeffrey A. Koncius , Nicole A. Ramirez of Kiesel Law LLP; Raymond P. Boucher, Shehnaz M. Bhujwala of Boucher LLP |
| Case: | Martindale v. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Conversion |
| 6 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $9,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Curtis of Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis, LLP |
| Case: | Hickox-Huffman v. U.S. Airways |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Intentional Tort |
| 8 | |
| 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 |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam J. Gutride, Seth A. Safier, Kristen G. Simplicio of Gutride Safier LLP; Hassan A. Zavareei of Tycko & Zavareei LLP |
| Case: | Koller v. Deoleo USA Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, False Advertising, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Unfair Business Practices |
| 10 | |
| 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 |
| 11 | |
| 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 |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| 13 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kitty K. Szeto, Alexander R. Wheeler, R. Rex Parris, John M. Bickford, Ryan A. Crist of PARRIS |
| Case: | Vagle v. Archstone Communities |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Fraud, Unfair Competition, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort |
| 14 | |
| 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 |
| 15 | |
| 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 |
| 16 | |
| 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 |
| 17 (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 |
| 17 (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 |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $3,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; Isam C. Khoury, Michael D. Singer, Jeff J. Geraci of Cohelan Khoury & Singer; Raphael A. Katri of Law Offices of Raphael A. Katri |
| Case: | Vaquero v. Stoneledge Furniture, L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $3,775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Joshua D. Boxer, Roy K. Suh of Matern Law Group P.C.; Jessica L. Campbell, Kashif Haque, Samantha A. Smith, Samuel A. Wong of Aegis Law Firm, PC; C. Joe Sayas, Jr., Karl P. Evangelista of Law Offices of C. Joe Sayas, Jr. |
| Case: | Pichardo v. Silverado Senior Living Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lorena Garcia-Bautista, Nakkisa Akhavan, Sue J. Noh of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Alorica Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Don Barrett of Barrett Law Group, PA; Jonathan W. Cuneo of Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP |
| Case: | Harrison, et al. vs. E.I. Dupont De Nemours And Company, et al. |
| Type: | Antitrust Violation, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Unfair Competition, Unjust Enrichment |