Top 100 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2018
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| Visit: | Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2020 |
| 51 | |
| Amount: | $1,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas M. Werman, Maureen A. Salas of Werman Salas P.C.; R. Andrew Santillo, Peter D. Winebrake of Winebrake & Santillo, LLC |
| Case: | Wolfe v. TCC Wireless LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 52 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas D. Rethage, Maria L. Morocco of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Estee Lauder Companies Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Gender Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Unpaid Benefits |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 52 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand, James A. De Sario of The Nourmand Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Lopez v. Owens & Minor Distribution Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 52 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam J. Kleinfeldt of Deutsch Atkins, P.C. |
| Case: | Portalatin v. City of Belleville |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Harassment |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 53 | |
| Amount: | $1,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan D. Bello, Joseph Lavi of Lavi & Ebrahimian, LLP; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Lopez v. Bud Antle Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 54 | |
| Amount: | $1,048,843.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher D. Baker, Deborah R. Schwartz of Baker Curtis & Schwartz PC |
| Case: | Doe v. Google, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 55 | |
| Amount: | $1,036,307.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig J. Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef, PC; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group P.C.; Alvin M. Gomez of Gomez Law Group PC |
| Case: | Robins v. Versa Logistics L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 56 | |
| Amount: | $1,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Melissa Grant, Suzy E. Lee, Ruhandy Glezakos, Arnab Banerjee of Capstone Law APC; C. Kyle Pugh, Kyle J. Todd of Law Offices of Kyle Todd |
| Case: | Carbajal, et al. v. Tom's Famous Family Restaurants |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 57 | |
| Amount: | $1,024,933.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Gomez v. Western Federal Credit Union |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lorena Garcia-Bautista, Rumduol Vuong, Sue J. Noh of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Mueller Industries Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Travis E. Hodgkins of Civil Justice Law, PC; Joseph Cho of Latria Law PC |
| Case: | Hendon v. Turner's Operations Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward K. Le, Michael Kittleson of Edward K. Le, PLLC |
| Case: | Jaimes v. NDTS Construction, et al. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Fall, Labor & Employment, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand, James A. De Sario of The Nourmand Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Vela v. Doorking Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Braunson C. Virjee, Matthew W. Gordon of Matern Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Aguilar v. Blaze Pizza L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Diane S. Sykes of Diane S. Sykes, Attorney at Law, P.C.; J. Ashlee Albies of Albies & Stark, LLC |
| Case: | Morgan, et at. v. Portland Public Schools |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment, Harassment |
| State: | Oregon |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand, James A. De Sario of The Nourmand Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Pena v. National Diversified Sales Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jessica L. Campbell, Kashif Haque, Samuel A. Wong, Ali S. Carlsen of Aegis Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Bartolo v. International Grill Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George N. Keches of Keches Law Group |
| Case: | Nurse v. Employer |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Bad Faith |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brendan G. Carney of Carney Law Firm |
| Case: | Mechanic v. Employer |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Work Accident, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Bad Faith |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 59 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $975,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer L. Arendes, Bradley S. Fiorito, Grant R. Doty, C. Felix Miller of EEOC; Ferne P. Wolf, D. Eric Sowers of Silverstein Wolf, LLC; Edward W. Unsell of The Unsell Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | EEOC v. 2098 Restaurant Group L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment |
| State: | Illinois |
| 59 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $975,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Louis Pechman, Vivianna Morales, Gregory Slotnick of Pechman Law Group, PLLC |
| Case: | Velandia, et al. v. Serendipity 3 Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 60 | |
| Amount: | $960,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan D. Bello, Joseph Lavi of Lavi & Ebrahimian, LLP; Ziad Rawashdeh of Rawa Law Group A.P.C |
| Case: | Sanchez v. American Beef Packers Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 61 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Liane Katzenstein Ly, Eric B. Kingsley of Kingsley & Kingsley APC |
| Case: | Bodadilla v. Henley Restaurants Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 61 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Andrew Santillo, Mark Gottesfeld, Peter D. Winebrake of Winebrake & Santillo, LLC; Brian Jonathan Petula of Crossover Law, LLC |
| Case: | Trevorah v. Linde Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 61 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregg A. Farley of The Farley Law Firm; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Martinez v. Rogers Poultry Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 62 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $915,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry W. Lee, Nicholas Rosenthal, Kristen M. Agnew of Diversity Law Group PC; William L. Marder of Polaris Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Ramirez v. Sherwood Management Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 62 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $915,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen F. McAndrew , Mitchell F. Kaufman of Kaufman McAndrew LLP |
| Case: | Lin v. Beverly Hills Hotel Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 63 | |
| Amount: | $905,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brant Casavant, Hillary Schwab, Rachel J. Smit of Fair Work P.C.; James R. Knudsen of Knudsen Burbridge, P.C. |
| Case: | Chebotnikov, et al. v. Limolink Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 64 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald H. Bae, Olivia D. Scharrer of Aequitas Legal Group |
| Case: | Barrera v. SalonCentric Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 64 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan D. Bello, Joseph Lavi of Lavi & Ebrahimian, LLP; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Sandoval v. Ware Disposal Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 65 | |
| Amount: | $875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Julian Hammond of HammondLaw, P.C.; T. David Copley, Tana Lin of Keller Rohrback LLP |
| Case: | LePine v. Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 66 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Linda S. Ordonio-Dixon, Sirithon Thanasombat of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Goodwill Industries Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 67 | |
| Amount: | $780,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patricio T. Barrera, Ashley A. Davenport of Barrera & Associates |
| Case: | Munguia v. Overeasy, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 68 | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Katherine E. Venti, Alan S. Mouritsen, Michael W. Young, Nicholas N. Bernard of Parsons Behle & Latimer |
| Case: | Jane Does v. City of Provo, Utah, et al. |
| Type: | Assault and Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Negligent Supervision, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Harassment, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Utah |
| 69 | |
| Amount: | $725,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas J. Scardigli, Robert J. Wasserman, William J. Gorham, Jenny D. Baysinger of Mayall & Hurley, PC; James R. Hawkins, Gregory E. Mauro of James Hawkins APLC |
| Case: | Stevens v. Suncrest Solar Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 70 | |
| Amount: | $715,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard E. Quintilone, Alvin B. Lindsay, George A. Aloupas of Quintilone & Associates |
| Case: | McNeely v. Deluxe Auto Carriers Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Farzad Rastegar, S. Emi Minne of Rastegar Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Garcia v. Crockett Graphics Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles F. Coleman, Jadhira V. Rivera, Justin Mulaire, Liane T. Rice, Raechel L. Adams, Amos B. Blackman of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Wilmington Trust Corp. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | New York |
| 72 | |
| Amount: | $680,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan Harris, David Garrett, Min Ji Gal of Harris & Ruble |
| Case: | Roach v. Red Bull Distribution Company Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 73 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $675,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Hawkins, Isandra Y. Fernandez of James Hawkins APLC |
| Case: | Phan v. Dytran Instruments Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 73 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $675,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles Yezbak of Yezbak Law Offices; C. Andrew Head of Fried & Bonder, LLC; David A. Hughes of Hardin & Hughes, LLP |
| Case: | White v. Publix Super Markets, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Tennessee |
| 74 | |
| Amount: | $658,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric S. Brainsky of Brainsky Levinson, LLC |
| Case: | Lee v. Town of Dartmouth, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Harassment, Reputational Harm |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 75 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James M. Lee, Caleb H. Liang, Kevin B. Kelly, Harrison M. Thorne, Julie A. Choi of LTL Attorneys LLP |
| Case: | Martinez v. Montebello Plastics L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 75 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven J. Kaplan of Law Offices of Steven J. Kaplan; Scott R. Ames of Law Offices of Scott R. Ames |
| Case: | Brooks v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 75 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary R. Carlin, Brent S. Buchsbaum, Laurel N. Haag, Sujith Divakaran of The Law Offices of Carlin & Buchsbaum |
| Case: | Coryell v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 76 | |
| Amount: | $640,495.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel R. Whitmore of Law Offices of Daniel R. Whitmore; Duncan C. Turner of Badgley Mullins Turner, PLLC |
| Case: | Hirsi v. The Hertz Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Unjust Enrichment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 77 | |
| Amount: | $625,400.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aimee L. McFerren of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. DDZ Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment, Failure to Hire |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 78 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul K. Haines, Tuvia Korobkin, Fletcher W. Schmidt, Andrew J. Rowbotham, Matthew K. Moen of Haines Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Villa v. Fleetwood-Fibre Packaging & Graphics Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 78 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul K. Haines, Fletcher W. Schmidt, Andrew J. Rowbotham, Gene Williams of Haines Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Cacho-Toriz v. Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 79 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David H. Browne of Browne Labor Law; Devin Coyle of Devin Coyle Law |
| Case: | Burns v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 79 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig J. Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef, PC; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group P.C.; Alvin M. Gomez of Gomez Law Group PC; Maggie K. Realin, David R. Markham of The Markham Law Firm |
| Case: | Diaz v. Absolute West L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 79 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig J. Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef, PC; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Isabella v. Equinox Holdings, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 80 | |
| Amount: | $587,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Hennig, Sereena J. Singh , Shoshee J. Hui of Hennig Ruiz & Singh |
| Case: | Vinson v. County of San Bernardino |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment |
| State: | California |
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