Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 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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| 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 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elizabeth Fox-Solomon, Kirsten J. Peters, Nora E. Curtin of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. United Parcel Service Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Religious Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire, Failure to Accommodate, Failure to Promote |
| State: | New York |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 13 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $4,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick J. Holman, Carl Felix Miller, Emily Ayliffe Keatley, Grant R. Doty, Jeffrey A. Lee of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Amsted Rail Co. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Illinois |
| 15 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 16 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 16 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 17 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $3,875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Mahoney, Treana L. Allen of Mahoney Law Group, APC; Lisa L. Clay of Lisa Clay, Attonery at Law |
| Case: | Romo v. Durham School Services L.P. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $3,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William H. Thomas, Daniel E. Williams of Thomas, Williams & Park, LLP |
| Case: | Lee, et al. v. ITT Corp, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | Washington |