Top 10 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 labor & employment settlements obtained in the United States in the year 2018. The list is comprised of cases filed either in a state or federal court, and those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit. It does, however, exclude cases settled for an undisclosed amount.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2018) you have also made the list of Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2018.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $45,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory L. Jones of Greg Jones Law, P.A.; Robert L. Wiggins, Gregory O. Wiggins, Rocco Calamusa, Jr. of Wiggins Childs Pantazis Fisher Goldfarb, LLC |
| Case: | Scott, et al. v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Gender Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | North Carolina |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $16,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael C. Subit of Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP; Matt Dunn, Dan Getman of Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC |
| Case: | Thomas, et al. v. Kellogg Co., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $9,980,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Valli, Jr., Sara Wyn Kane, Matthew L. Berman, James A. Vagnini of Valli Kane & Vagnini, LLP |
| Case: | Hines v. CBS Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 5 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 7 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 8 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $5,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nora Curtin, Chinyere Ezie, Charles Coleman, Jr. of EEOC; Anthony G. Mango of Mango & Iacoviello, LLP |
| Case: | EEOC v. Cost Containment Group Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 10 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Hennefeld, James Wong, Molly Theobald, Lindsey Rothfeder of U.S. Department of Labor |
| Case: | Acosta v. A.C.E. Restaurant Group, et al. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 10 (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 |
| State: | California |