Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 labor & employment settlements obtained in the United States in the year 2019. The list is comprised of cases filed either in a state or federal court, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit.
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| 1 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 1 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $100,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Susan Martin, Jennifer Kroll of Martin & Bonnett PLLC; Dan Getman, Lesley Tse of Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC |
| Case: | Van Dusen v. Swift Transportation Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Arizona |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $35,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shanon J. Carson, Sarah R. Schalman-Bergen, Alexandra K. Piazza of Berger & Montague PC; David R. Markham of The Markham Law Firm; Richard E. Quintilone of Quintilone & Associates; Russell S. Warren, Jr. of Russell S. Warren Jr., Attorney at Law |
| Case: | Merino v. Wells Fargo & Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 5 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 5 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 7 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 7 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $15,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric L. Dirks of Williams Dirks Dameron LLC; Michael Hodgson of The Hodgson Law Firm; J. Derek Braziel of Lee & Braziel, LLP; Jack L. Siegel of Siegel Law Group PLLC |
| Case: | Woods v. Caremark PHC LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Missouri |
| 8 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandi L. Meredith Jeanne B. Szromba Diane I. Smason Ethan M.M. Cohen of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Dolgen Corp. LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire |
| State: | Illinois |
| 11 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $4,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian G. McEntire, Hector F Ruiz, Jeremy Monteiro of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | EEOC, et al. v. Jacksonville Assoc. of Fire Fighters, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Florida |
| 14 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 15 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 16 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 16 (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 |
| State: | California |
| 17 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 18 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $2,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Blake K. Ringsmuth of Ringsmuth Wuori PLLC |
| Case: | Jane Doe v. Michigan Dep’t of Transportation |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | Michigan |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $2,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Grant R. Doty Jennifer L. Arendes Andrea G. Baran C. Felix Miller of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Crossmark, Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | Illinois |