Top 100 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2019
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $100,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brianna Primozic Rapp, Jason C. Marsili, Howard Z. Rosen of Rosen Marsili Rapp LLP; Emily P. Rich, Manuel A. Boigues of Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld PC; James R. Hawkins, Gregory E. Mauro of James Hawkins APLC |
| Case: | In Re Wackenhut Wage and Hour Cases |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $26,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Abigail E. Shafroth, Joseph M. Sellers of Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll PLLC; Aubry Wand, Matthew J. Matern of Matern Law Group, PC; Michael Rubin, Barbara J. Chisholm, Matthew J. Murray of Altshuler Berzon LLP |
| Case: | Sanchez v. McDonald's Restaurants of California Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $22,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter Rukin, Valerie Brender of Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP; Ian J. McLoughlin, Thomas V. Urmy, Jr. of Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP; Adam J. Shafran of Rudolph Friedmann LLP; Wilmer J. Harris of Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLP |
| Case: | Alfred v. Pepperidge Farm Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Unpaid Benefits |
| 4 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Joseph Antonelli, Janelle C. Carney of Law Office of Joseph Antonelli; Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II; Walter L. Haines of United Employees Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Tilton v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 4 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shannon E. Liss-Riordan, Adelaide Pagano, Anne Kramer, Ben Weber of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, PC; Andrew A. August of Browne George Ross LLP; Brian S. Kabateck, Shant A. Karnikian of Kabateck LLP; Mark J. Geragos of Geragos & Geragos |
| Case: | O'Connor v. Uber Technologies |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Competition, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Unpaid Commissions |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $16,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy S. Endo, Giselle Olmedo, Jennifer Keating of Leonard Carder LLP |
| Case: | Carter v. XPO Logistics Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $15,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cornelia Dai, Randy R. Renick of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP; Jay Smith, Joshua F. Young of Gilbert & Sackman, A Law Corporation; Michael D. Singer, Diana M. Khoury, J. Jason Hill, Timothy D. Cohelan, Kristina De La Rosa of Cohelan Khoury & Singer |
| Case: | Valliere v. Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John J. Glugoski, Michael C. Righetti , Matthew Righetti of Righetti Glugoski, PC; James F. Clapp, Marita M. Lauinger, Zach P. Dostart of Dostart Hannink & Coveney LLP |
| Case: | Sharp v. Safeway Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $10,965,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew D. Carlson, Shannon E. Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, PC |
| Case: | Groves, et al. v. Instacart, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Caleb E. Mason, Thomas M. Brown, Matthew G. Whitten of Brown White & Osborn LLP |
| Case: | La Verne Firefighters' Association v. City of La Verne |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, First Amendment Violation, Abuse of Power, Failure to Promote |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $5,382,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael D. Early, Sweta H. Patel of Klein, Hockel, Iezza & Patel, PC |
| Case: | DelValle v. Menzies Aviation Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shaun Setareh, Thomas Segal, Farrah B. Grant of Setareh Law Group |
| Case: | Valadez v. Stater Bros. Markets |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $3,182,978.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Z. Srourian of Srourian Law Firm; Ashkan Shakouri of Shakouri Law Firm |
| Case: | McLemore et al. v. Nautilus Hyosung, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Joshua D. Boxer, Roy K. Suh of Matern Law Group, PC; Brandon J. Sweeney of The Sweeney Law Firm, APC; Dennis P. Wilson of Wilson Trial Group |
| Case: | Ruiz v. Century Fast Foods |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig J. Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef, PC; David S. Winston of Winston Law Group, P.C.; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Westbrook v. WinCo Holdings Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $2,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marcus J. Bradley, Kiley L. Grombacher of Marlin & Saltzman, LLP; Taylor L. Emerson of Bradley Grombacher |
| Case: | Munden v. Los Robles Regional Medical Center |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Park, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Douglas Han of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Torrez v. Freedom Mortgage Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Park, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Douglas Han of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Ayala v. Cherry Creek Mortgage Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cesar H. Nava, Stanley J. Hodson of Nava Law Firm |
| Case: | Fogarty v. Scripps NP Operating LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna Y. Park, Gina E. Carrillo, Sue J. Noh, Aimee L. McFerren of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Marquez Brothers International, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony J. Orshansky , Justin Kachadoorian of CounselOne P.C.; Thomas W. Falvey of The Law Office of Thomas W. Falvey; Marcus A. Mancini of Mancini & Associates P.L.C.; Michael H. Boyamian, Armand R. Kizirian of Boyamian Law Inc. |
| Case: | Cressall v. Galpin Motors Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Garcia v. Syncreon Technology (USA) LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Joshua D. Boxer, Roy K. Suh, Sara B. Tosdal of Matern Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Ortiz v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC; V. Andre Sherman, Stephanie S. Ponek of Girardi | Keese |
| Case: | La Fuente v. Cott Beverages Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert J. Drexler, Jr., Raul Perez, Molly A. DeSario, Jonathan Lee, Ariel S. Harman-Holmes of Capstone Law APC |
| Case: | Lopez v. Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott E. Cole, Andrew D. Weaver of Scott Cole & Associates, APC |
| Case: | Ibrahimi v. Walgreen Co. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian of Lawyers for Justice PC; Heather M. Davis, Amir Nayebdadash, Sara E. Ikeda Minne of Protection Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Fuentes v. Communications Test Design Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,425,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul K. Haines, Fletcher W. Schmidt, Andrew J. Rowbotham, Matthew K. Moen of Haines Law Group, APC; Anthony J. Orshansky , Justin Kachadoorian of CounselOne P.C.; Asaf Agazanof of Asaf Law APC |
| Case: | Zaklit v. J. McCullough Corporation |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,180,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig J. Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef, PC; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Guy v. California Lutheran University |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nazo L. Koulloukian of Koul Law Firm; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Cisneros v. Lazy Dog Restaurants LLC |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,100.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan M. Lebe of Lebe Law |
| Case: | Schmitz v. HealthIQ RE Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Promote |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith |
| Case: | Merrick v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Abuse of Power |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marcus J. Bradley, Kiley L. Grombacher, Taylor L. Emerson of Bradley Grombacher; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Serna v. Inter-Rail Transport Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $925,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells, Leila K. Al Faiz of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith; Christopher Brizzolara of Christopher Brizzolara Attorney At Law |
| Case: | Marx v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marcus J. Bradley, Kiley L. Grombacher, Taylor L. Emerson of Bradley Grombacher; Sahag Majarian, II of The Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Guerrero v. Western Precooling Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $851,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Suzy E. Lee, Jennifer R. Bagosy , Bevin Allen Pike, Orlando Villalba, Ari Y. Basser of Capstone Law APC |
| Case: | Harris v. Mr. C. Manager LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $838,750.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nazo L. Koulloukian, Joshua N. Lange of Koul Law Firm |
| Case: | Barreto v. Etivista Concrete Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $820,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ivan Puchalt, Mark T. Quigley of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Ross v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David H. Browne of Browne Labor Law; Devin Coyle of Devin Coyle Law |
| Case: | Guerra v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, David Angeloff , Alyssa K. Schabloski of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Cordero v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment, Failure to Promote |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Ashley H. Cruz of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Ennis v. JM West Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith |
| Case: | Riske v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $675,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig J. Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef, PC; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group P.C.; David S. Winston of Winston Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Sumlin v. BNSF Railway Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Derek W. Li, Gina E. Carrillo, Lorena Garcia-Bautista, Rumduol Vuong, Sue J. Noh of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Pape Material Handling Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, National Origin Discrimination, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $635,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Park, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Douglas Han of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Koreisz v. On Q Financial Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $606,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Twila S. White of Law Office of Twila S. White |
| Case: | Gray v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Goldenberg v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Family & Medical Leave Act |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $570,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marcia Mitchell, Ami Sanghvi of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Dignity Health, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott E. Wheeler of Law Offices of Scott Ernest Wheeler; Aubry Wand of The Wand Law Firm |
| Case: | Ordonez v. JBD Partners Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul K. Haines, Tuvia Korobkin, Stacey M. Shim, Jamin Xu of Haines Law Group, APC; Joseph Tojarieh of Tojarieh Law Firm, PC; Edwin Saghian , Robin Saghian of Omega Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Barrios v. Providence Hospitality Partners LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Louis Kelly, Heather Baker Dobbs, Connor M. Karen of Kirtland & Packard, LLP |
| Case: | Louis v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Harassment, Family & Medical Leave Act |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sean M. Blakely, Paul K. Haines, Daniel J. Brown, Jamin Xu of Haines Law Group, APC; Aaron R. Lubeley, Simon L. Yang, Emily E. Schroeder of Seyfarth Shaw LLP |
| Case: | Lee v. Infor (US) Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Mankin, Peter J. Carlson of Fernandez & Lauby LLP |
| Case: | Stinson v. Pacific Production Plumbing |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $430,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Courtney C. McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP; Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells, Leila K. Al Faiz of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith |
| Case: | Ortega v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $415,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jared Hague, S. Brett Sutton of Sutton Hague Law Corporation PC; Zachary M. Crosner, Michael R. Crosner of Crosner Legal PC |
| Case: | Haugen v. Big League Dreams Cathedral City LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $393,296.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher C. Saldana of Shewry & Saldana; Ryan Conger of Conger Law Firm |
| Case: | Alfaro v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Beau R. Burbidge, Peter J. Koenig of Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP |
| Case: | Pifari v. City of Oakland |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daphne A. Delvaux, Joshua D. Gruenberg, Daria V. Cortes of Gruenberg Law |
| Case: | Garcia v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Failure to Promote |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sepideh Ardestani, Daniel F. Gaines, Evan S. Gaines, Kenneth S. Gaines, Alex P. Katofsky of Gaines & Gaines APLC; Zachary J. Sempers of The Sempers Law Firm, ALC |
| Case: | Hindman v. Service Quick Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $345,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin A. Lipeles, Thomas H. Schelly of Lipeles Law Group |
| Case: | Holmes v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Accommodate, Negligent Tort |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tyler F. Clark, Yi-Hsuan Rachel Lin of Clark Employment Law, APC |
| Case: | Martinez v. Huxtable's Kitchen, Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Failure to Accommodate |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David T. Mara, Jamie K. Serb, Tony Roberts of Mara Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Seip v. Hi Way Safety Rentals Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Park, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Douglas Han of Justice Law Corporation; Kenneth H. Yoon, Stephanie E. Yasuda, Brian G. Lee of Yoon Law, APC |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Starbucks Corporation |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce Z. Kokozian of Kokozian Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Olivares v. Ontarioidence Opco LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $275,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Conger of Law Office of Michael Conger |
| Case: | Pappas v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Invasion of Privacy, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment, Failure to Hire |
| 51 | |
| Amount: | $265,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles C. Slater of Slater & Associates APLC |
| Case: | Cervantes v. Lyt Attun LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 52 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Farzad Rastegar of Rastegar Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Arce v. Tree Pros Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 53 | |
| Amount: | $247,200.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sepideh Ardestani, Daniel F. Gaines, Evan S. Gaines, Kenneth S. Gaines, Alex P. Katofsky of Gaines & Gaines APLC |
| Case: | Smith v. Steelcase Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan I. Schimmel, Michael W. Parks of Schimmel & Parks APLC; Pouya B. Chami, Roberto C. Novas of Chami Law PC |
| Case: | Grkinich v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Family & Medical Leave Act |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lance M. Williams, Joseph M. Lovretovich, Christina R. Manalo, Eric J. Palmer, Tania Y. Gonzalez of JML Law |
| Case: | Dennin v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Failure to Supervise, Negligent Tort |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells, Leila K. Al Faiz of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith; Bijan Darvish of Law Office of Bijan Darvish |
| Case: | Rios v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| 55 | |
| Amount: | $212,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Heather M. Davis, Amir Nayebdadash, Sara E. Ikeda Minne, Luke Clapp of Protection Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Fernandez v. Sumitomo Rubber North America Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 56 | |
| Amount: | $205,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachary M. Crosner, Michael R. Crosner, Alfredo Nava of Crosner Legal PC; J. Kirk Donnelly of Law Offices of J. Kirk Donnelly |
| Case: | Herrera v. TVI Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 57 | |
| Amount: | $203,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kitty K. Szeto, John M. Bickford, Rutger R. Parris, Ryan A. Crist of Parris Law Firm |
| Case: | Backes v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel M. Gilleon, Alexis C. Bastedo of Gilleon Law Firm |
| Case: | Hoover v. The City of San Diego |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jocelyn Burton, Joel Moon of Burton Employment Law |
| Case: | Jack v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment, Failure to Hire |
| 58 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric A. Grover, Robert W. Spencer of Keller Grover LLP |
| Case: | Duke v. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 59 | |
| Amount: | $180,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stanley D. Saltzman, Stephen P. O’Dell, Louis M. Marlin, Hanna B. Raanan , Corey S. Smith of Marlin & Saltzman, LLP; Cesar H. Nava, Stanley J. Hodson of Nava Law Firm; Marcus J. Bradley, Kiley L. Grombacher of Bradley Grombacher |
| Case: | Nahed v. Roadrunner Management Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 60 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry R. Hoddick of Law Offices of Larry R. Hoddick, PC; William J. Rose of Rose Consumer Law |
| Case: | Santiago v. Ameri-Kleen Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Negligent Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 60 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Fletcher W. Schmidt, Andrew J. Rowbotham, Matthew K. Moen, Paul K. Haines of Haines Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Chairez v. B.E. McCarty Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 60 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joan E. Herrington of Bay Area Employment Law Office |
| Case: | Grant v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Family & Medical Leave Act |
| 60 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Farzad Rastegar, Sharon W. Lin of Rastegar Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Benitez v. Mr. Wok - Chino Hills Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 60 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Armond M. Jackson, Andrea M. Fernandez Jackson of Jackson Law, APC |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 61 | |
| Amount: | $151,137.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachary M. Crosner, Michael R. Crosner, Alfredo Nava of Crosner Legal PC |
| Case: | McCord v. Developmental Client Care Industries Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 62 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Louis Benowitz of Law Offices of Louis Benowitz; David Pourati of Law Office of David Pourati APC |
| Case: | Lopez v. San Bernardino Fitness LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 62 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arlo G. Uriarte, Daniel P. Iannitelli of Liberation Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Asido v. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 63 | |
| Amount: | $143,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald W. Makarem, Gene Williams, Randi L. Ibrahim of Makarem & Associates APLC |
| Case: | Thompson v. Ontario 947 Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 64 | |
| Amount: | $135,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory N. Karasik of Karasik Law Firm; Santos Gomez, Maria E. Vizzusi of Law Offices of Santos Gomez |
| Case: | Lemus v. JKM Trading Company |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Inform |
| 65 | |
| Amount: | $130,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arthur Sezgin, Alisa Khousadian of Sezgin Khousadian LLP |
| Case: | Mirzakhanyan v. County Of Los Angeles Department Of Social Services, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Sexual Battery |
| 66 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley C. Gage, Milad Sadr of Law Offices of Goldberg & Gage |
| Case: | Sathre v. City of Santa Monica |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Promote |
| 66 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Mankin, Misty M. Lauby of Fernandez & Lauby LLP |
| Case: | Gallardo v. Teefor2 |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 67 | |
| Amount: | $112,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sepideh Ardestani, Daniel F. Gaines, Kenneth S. Gaines, Alex P. Katofsky of Gaines & Gaines APLC; Zachary J. Sempers of The Sempers Law Firm, ALC |
| Case: | Solorzano v. True North Telecom Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 68 | |
| Amount: | $110,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jean-Claude Lapuyade, Amanda K. Mayo of JCL Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Almanza v. The Express Group Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 69 | |
| Amount: | $104,398.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aparajit Bhowmik, Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, R. Piya Mukherjee of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP |
| Case: | Reyes v. United Road Towing Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 70 | |
| Amount: | $102,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna Y. Park, Jennifer L. Boulton, Sue J. Noh of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Erivera Enterprise, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Training, Workplace Harassment |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sarkis Sirmabekian of Sirmabekian Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Ramos Ruiz v. El Pescador #12 Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Constructive Discharge, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Donald J. Clapp of Aiman-Smith & Marcy |
| Case: | Oto v. City of Oakland |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garry M. Tetalman of Law Office of Garry M. Tetalman |
| Case: | Arias v. Santa Barbara Brewing Company LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells, Leila K. Al Faiz of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith |
| Case: | Dean v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion |
| 71 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Helena S. Wise of Law Offices of Helena S. Wise |
| Case: | Nguyen v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Government Negligence, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Accommodate, Failure to Promote |
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| Note: | Settlements below $100,000 have not been included to the list. |