Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 50 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 - 20 | |
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| 21 | |
| Amount: | $3,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kate Northrup, Melanie M. Peterson, Jessi Isenhart of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Sherwood Food Distributors LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Gender Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire |
| State: | Ohio |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nechole M. Garcia, Rumduol Vuong, Sue J. Noh of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Nevada Restaurant Services Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | Nevada |
| 22 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $3,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Catherine N. Sellers, Ronald L. Phillips, Lisa H. Hernandez of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. CSX Transportation Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire, Failure to Promote |
| State: | West Virginia |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean M. Blakely, Paul K. Haines, Tuvia Korobkin, Fletcher W. Schmidt of Haines Law Group, APC; Kristina R. Sherry of Kristina Sherry |
| Case: | Morales v. CareMeridian L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 24 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Morrison of Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP; Douglas B. Hayes of Hurwitz, Orihuela & Hayes, LLP |
| Case: | Ward v. Finnmax LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $2,938,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand, James A. De Sario of The Nourmand Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Garcia v. American International Industries |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ana Consuelo Martinez, Daniel L. Seltzer, Kimberly A. McCoy-Cruz, Aarrin Benatra, Beatriz Biscardi Andre, Carmen M. Manrara Cartaya, Kristen M. Foslid of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. GMRI Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Labor & Employment, Failure to Hire |
| State: | Florida |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kristen Foslid, Ana Consuelo Martinez, Beatriz Andre, Daniel Seltzer, Kimberly Cruz of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Darden Restaurants, et al. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | Florida |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $2,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John R. Linkosky of John Linkosky & Associates; Joseph H. Chivers III of The Employment Rights Group; Bruce C. Fox, Andrew J. Horowitz of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP |
| Case: | Boyington v. Percheron Field Services |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett S. Markson, Timothy A. Pico of Markson Pico LLP; Brad S. Kane of Kane Law Firm |
| Case: | Halcomb v. Autism Response Team, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 28 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Munoz v. Epic Management LP |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Beatriz Biscardi Andre, Carmen M. Manrara Cartaya, Kimberly A. McCoy-Cruz of EEOC; Jason R. Alderman, Troy A. Tolentino, Kristy M. Johnson of The Alderman Law Firm |
| Case: | EEOC v. SLS Hotel South Beach, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Hostile Work Environment, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Harassment |
| State: | Florida |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin F. Marquez of Moon & Yang APC; Matthew S. D'Abusco, Cynthia S. Sandoval of Ares Law Group PC; Leslie Joy Banayad Glyer of Leslie Glyer Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Mark Brulee v. DAL Global Services, LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Maggie K. Realin, David R. Markham, Michael J. Morphew, Janine R. Menhennet of The Markham Law Firm; Walter F. Haines of United Employees Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Salazar v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vincent C. Granberry, Joseph Lavi of Lavi & Ebrahimian, LLP; Farzad Rastegar of Rastegar Law Group, APC; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Bautista v. Worldwide Flight Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $2,237,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony J. Lazzaro, Chastity L. Christy of The Lazzaro Law Firm LLC; Justin M. Cordello of Cordello Law PLLC |
| Case: | Allen v. Sutherland Global Services Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $2,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brendan G. Carney, Gerard B. Carney of Carney Law Firm |
| Case: | Doe v. Atlantic Drain Service Co. |
| Type: | Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort, Bad Faith |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $2,184,450.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory N. Karasik of Karasik Law Firm; Ira Spiro of Spiro Law Corp. |
| Case: | Belas v. The Vons Companies Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $2,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin L. Swidler, Richard S. Swartz of Swartz Swidler, LLC; Alan Eichenbaum of Law Office of Alan Eichenbaum PA; Robert D. Soloff of Robert D. Soloff, P.A. |
| Case: | Dooner, et al. v. Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Stephanie S. Ponek of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Nunez v. Fox Rent A Car Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary F. Lynch, Jamisen A. Etzel of Carlson Lynch LLP; Gerald D. Wells III of Conolly Wells & Gray LLP |
| Case: | Koenig v. Primanti Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Lavi, Joshua M. Webster of Lavi & Ebrahimian, LLP |
| Case: | Class of Employees v. Employer |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shaun Setareh, Thomas Segal, H. Scott Leviant of Setareh Law Group |
| Case: | Reyes v. Front Porch Communities and Services |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $1,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand, James A. De Sario of The Nourmand Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Morales v. Southland Sod Farms Operations, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $1,898,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Morgan v. Citizens Business Bank |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron C. Gundzik, Rebecca G. Gundzik of Gartenberg Gelfand Hayton LLP; Marshall A. Caskey, Daniel M. Holzman, Thomas L. Dorogi of Caskey & Holzman |
| Case: | Hernandez v. The Bicycle Casino, L.P. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer L. Boulton of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Family Healthcare Network |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Disability Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Hire, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $1,653,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Maria A. Starn, Ryan D. Saba, Krystle D. Meyer of Rosen Saba LLP |
| Case: | Carrillo v. Sterling Express Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $1,616,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean M. Blakely, Paul K. Haines, Tuvia Korobkin, Fletcher W. Schmidt, Andrew J. Rowbotham of Haines Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Chavez v. Allfast International Sales Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells, Leila K. Al Faiz of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith |
| Case: | Clarke v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand, James A. De Sario of The Nourmand Law Firm APC; Matthew J. Matern, Launa N. Adolph, Deanna S. Leifer of Matern Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Zion Market Irvine Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $1,575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Abe Martinez, Michelle Zingaro of U.S. Department of Justice; Loren Jacobson, Charles S. Siegel, Kay L. Gunderson Reeves of Waters, Kraus & Paul; Robert J. Talaska of The Talaska Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | USA v. Digestive & Liver Disease Consultants, et al. |
| Type: | Conspiracy, False Claims Act, Qui Tam, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Kickback, Health Care Fraud, Labor & Employment |
| State: | Texas |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gurbir S. Grewal of Attorney General of the State of NJ; Jennifer M. Carlson of Law Offices of Richard Pescatore, PC |
| Case: | Grewal, et al. v. Ranco Construction, Inc. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Qui Tam, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce Z. Kokozian of Kokozian Law Firm |
| Case: | Abbott v. Ventura Foods, L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Duberry v. J. Crew Group Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher R. Smith of Christopher Smith Trial Group LLC; Jonathan I. Loevy of Loevy & Loevy |
| Case: | Hernandez v. City of Chicago |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Personal Injury, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Wrongful Demotion |
| State: | Illinois |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vincent C. Granberry, Joseph Lavi, Ryan M. Estes of Lavi & Ebrahimian, LLP |
| Case: | Monterosa v. Metric Precision Machine and Engineering L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Abel Nair of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Carrillo, et al. v. City of Compton |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Harassment, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zorik Mooradian, Haik Hacopian of Law Offices Of Zorik Mooradian |
| Case: | Cardenas v. Iron Mountain Information Management Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand, James A. De Sario of The Nourmand Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Orozco v. DCG Fulfillment |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,380,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jessica L. Campbell, Kashif Haque, Samuel A. Wong, Shelly D. Song of Aegis Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Bynum v. Legacy Air Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand, James A. De Sario of The Nourmand Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Alvarez v. Norman's Nursery Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eliot J. Rushovich, Aanand Mehtani of Rushovich Mehtani LLP |
| Case: | Ponce v. Pentair Water Pool and Spa Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,325,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jan A. Yoss, John D. Younesi of Younesi & Yoss LLP |
| Case: | Chang v. Chin |
| Type: | Defamation, Fraud, Securities Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Wrongful Termination, Unjust Enrichment, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Alyssa K. Schabloski, Justin D. Nussen, Abel Nair of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Garcia v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James W. Beck, Janelle E. Chase Fazio, Stephanie Bloomfield of Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP |
| Case: | David v. Clover Park School District |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis F. Moss of Moss Bollinger LLP; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II; Ari E. Moss of Law Offices of Ari Moss |
| Case: | Avila v. Quest Nutrition L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sanford A. Kassel, Gavin P. Kassel of Sanford A. Kassel A.P.L.C |
| Case: | Illman v. Browning Automotive Group |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage and Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |