Top 50 Labor & Employment Verdicts in California in 2019
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $58,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nathan Goldberg, Dolores Y. Leal, Gloria Allred of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg |
| Case: | Khan v. Hologram USA, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment, Sexual Battery |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $15,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Astineh Arakelian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; Nicholas C. Rowley, Courtney E. Rowley of Trial Lawyers For Justice |
| Case: | Simers v. Tribune Co., et al. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $15,392,801.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ebby S. Bakhtiar, Alex K. DiBona of Livingston Bakhtiar; Thomas V. Girardi, Keith D. Griffin, Alexa F. Galloway of Girardi | Keese; Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Ramirez v. Jack In The Box Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $11,091,300.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lisa Bloom, Sarah Bloom, Alan Goldstein, Arick Fudali of The Bloom Firm |
| Case: | Jones v. David, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Fraud, Hostile Work Environment, Malicious Prosecution, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Sexual Battery |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $8,632,743.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith |
| Case: | Dooros, et al. v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $8,115,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan Romero of Romero Law, APC |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Wrongful Demotion |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $7,020,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick of Dordick Law Corporation; Carney R. Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Hadsell v. City of Baldwin Park |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $6,001,599.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth H. Yoon, Stephanie E. Yasuda, Brian G. Lee of Yoon Law, APC; Brian J. Mankin, Peter J. Carlson of Fernandez & Lauby LLP; G. Samuel Cleaver of Law Offices of G. Samuel Cleaver |
| Case: | Hamilton et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $5,317,162.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Bernard Alexander, III of Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP; Natasha R. Chesler, Timothy B. McCaffrey of Chesler McCaffrey LLP |
| Case: | Carter v. Federal Express Corp. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nathan Goldberg, Dolores Y. Leal, Gloria Allred, Renee Mochkatel of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg |
| Case: | Reeves v. Hologram USA Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Sexual Battery |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,941,071.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael G. Marderosian, Heather S. Cohen of Marderosian & Cohen |
| Case: | Jordan v. Wonderful Citrus Packing, LLC |
| Type: | Defamation, Labor & Employment, Negligent Tort, Reputational Harm, Libel |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $4,603,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sanford L. Michelman, Robert D. Estrin, Peter L. Steinman, Mona Z. Hanna, Todd H. Stitt of Michelman & Robinson LLP |
| Case: | Western Air Charter Inc. v. Schembari |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Tortious Interference, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $4,072,402.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin O. Walker, Jared A. Veliz of Walker Law, PC |
| Case: | Qiu v. Three Rivers Provider Network, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Retaliation, Unfair Business Practices, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,559,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eugene G. Iredale, Grace Jun of Iredale and Yoo, APC |
| Case: | Boy v. Zimmer Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Defamation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Slander, Reputational Harm |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $3,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward D. Chapin of Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP; Allison H. Goddard of Patterson Law Group (CA) |
| Case: | Burns v. San Diego State University, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Bad Faith |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $3,065,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arya Rhodes, Alan I. Schimmel, Michael W. Parks of Schimmel & Parks APLC |
| Case: | Hernandez v. VMS Auto Body Collision Center Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ebby S. Bakhtiar of Livingston Bakhtiar; Keith D. Griffin, Alexa F. Galloway of Girardi | Keese |
| Case: | Quemada v. Cordoba Corp., Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $2,525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard H. Lee, Natalie Rastegari of Salisian Lee LLP; Edward E. Alon, Jonathan A. Alon of Alon LLP |
| Case: | Missakian v. Amusement Industry Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Fraud in the Inducement, Unpaid Wages, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $2,299,829.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher Grivakes, David W. Affeld of Affeld Grivakes LLP |
| Case: | Harris v. City of Riverside |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Harassment |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael H. Kim, Jamie F. Martinez, Adam K. Tanouye of Michael H. Kim PC |
| Case: | Bolanos v. USK Manufacturing Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,749,465.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zev Abramson, Nissim Levin, Jeremy Levy, Christina Begakis of Abramson Labor Group |
| Case: | Benart v. DA Defense Logistics HQ LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,670,427.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mani Sheik of Sheik Law Inc |
| Case: | Martell v. Thunder Studios Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Fraud, Hostile Work Environment, Misrepresentation, Unpaid Wages, Conversion, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Misrepresentation, Workplace Harassment, Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Accommodate |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,576,262.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jamon R. Hicks of Douglas Hicks Law, APC; Britany M. Engelman of Engelman Law Firm |
| Case: | Woods v. Greystar Management Services, LP |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,576,145.00 |
| Attorneys: | V. James DeSimone of V. James DeSimone Law; Ryann E. Hall of Bohm Law Group, Inc. |
| Case: | Birden v. The Regents of the University of California |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Harassment |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,505,561.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jan T. Aune of The Law Office of Jan T. Aune |
| Case: | Lillie v. ManTech International Corp. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,292,063.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Bernard Alexander, III, Tracy L. Fehr of Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP; Andrew L. Treger of Baer Treger L.L.P; Hugo E. Gamez of Gamez Law Firm |
| Case: | Monterroso v. Hydraulics International Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert A. Hennig, Sam Brown of Hennig Ruiz & Singh |
| Case: | Saxton v. Sourceasy Inc. |
| Type: | Fraud in the Inducement, Misrepresentation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Promissory Estoppel |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,107,855.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua D. Gruenberg, Joshua P. Pang, Pamela Vallero of Gruenberg Law |
| Case: | Guerrero v. Able Engineering Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Terry M. Goldberg, Bradley C. Gage of Law Offices of Goldberg & Gage |
| Case: | Moreno et al. v. City of Beverly Hills |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Harassment |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony Nguyen, Mark I. Lim of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; Irving Meyer of Law Offices of Irving Meyer |
| Case: | Thomas v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Failure to Accommodate |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $976,698.00 |
| Attorneys: | John S. Baker, Jill A. Gutierrez of Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Case: | Calleros v. U.S. Garment LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unpaid Wages, Constructive Discharge, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $824,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick McNicholas, Michael J. Kent of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Thompson v. City of Pasadena |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $655,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Siannah Collado Boutte of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Alyssa K. Schabloski of Gladius Law, APC |
| Case: | Mateen-Bradford v. City of Compton, et al. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $646,651.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Bononi, Devin V. Mikulka of Bononi Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Gutierrez v. Dignity Health |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $632,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clayeo C. Arnold, Anthony J. Poidmore of Arnold Law Firm (CA) |
| Case: | Schmidt v. Shasta County Marshall’s Office |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Boris Koron, Daniel J. Podolsky of Koron & Podolsky, LLP; Kevin Salute of Salute Law |
| Case: | Davila v. Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Type: | Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Wrongful Demotion |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $485,373.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Young Lim, Dennis McPhillips of Park & Lim |
| Case: | Catwalk to Sidewalk Inc. v. Hurt-Watson |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Commissions |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $425,562.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zorik Mooradian, Andrina G. Hanson, Nanor C. Kamberian of Law Offices Of Zorik Mooradian |
| Case: | Kourounian v. California Department of Tax and Fee Administration |
| Type: | Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jon Y. Vanderpool, Jon Cadieux of Smith Steiner Vanderpool, APC |
| Case: | Johnson v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Wrongful Demotion, Reputational Harm |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $325,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Darci E. Burrell, Katherine L. Smith, Sharon R. Vinick of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP |
| Case: | Eidson v. The Regents of The University of California |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $245,892.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Guzman v. NBA Automotive Inc. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Negligent Tort |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $233,123.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jean K. Hyams of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP; Sean D. McHenry of McHenry Law Firm |
| Case: | Pruitt v. Genentech Inc. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $218,285.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark M. Scott, Joanne N. Davies, Jason E. Goldstein of Buchalter |
| Case: | Providence Capital Funding, Inc. v. Patterson |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unjust Enrichment, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Bad Faith |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $210,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard A. Apodaca, Christopher E. Gavriliuc of Rodriguez Apodaca Law Firm LLP |
| Case: | Cordero v. Catwalk to Sidewalk Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Unpaid Benefits |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $138,762.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geniene B. Stillwell, Freda Tjoarman of Stillwell Law Office |
| Case: | Spaulding v. Shannon Diversified Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $130,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Mankin, Peter J. Carlson of Fernandez & Lauby LLP |
| Case: | Mejia v. Mossberg Industries Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $121,067.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Mark I. Lim of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; Marc A. Holmquist of Holmquist Law, PC; Pedram "Peter" A. Javanmardi of Javanmardi Law |
| Case: | Kibbe v. Tomdan Enterprises Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Hire, Failure to Accommodate |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $109,799.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kaveh S. Elihu of Employee Justice Legal Group LLP |
| Case: | Garcia v. Suh, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Personal Injury, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $106,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lindsey M. C. Crismon of Cummings & Franck, P.C. |
| Case: | Martinez v. Wheel Pros LLC |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Bernard Alexander, III, Britt L. Karp of Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP |
| Case: | Asfall v. Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |