Top 50 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States 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 |
| State: | California |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $45,730,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Stolper of The Stolper Group; David I. Greenberger of Bailey Duquette P.C. |
| Case: | Beach v. Touradji Capital Mgmt, LP |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation, Unpaid Bonuses |
| State: | New York |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $21,536,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc L. Brumer of The Law Offices Of Brumer & Brumer; R. Martin Saenz of Saenz & Anderson |
| Case: | Pierre v. Park Hotels & Resort Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Florida |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $19,970,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Russell C. Riggan, Samuel W. Moore of Riggan Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Wildhaber v. St. Louis County, MO |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Missouri |
| 5 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $11,382,189.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan R. Marko of Marko Law PLC |
| Case: | Griffey v. Michigan Department of Corrections |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment |
| State: | Michigan |
| 8 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $9,598,260.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Sayre, Glen H. Waldman of Waldman Barnett, P.L.; Mikhael E. Keifitz of The Law Offices of Mikhael E. Keifitz |
| Case: | The Recon Group Inc. v. Freeman Hammond LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Defamation, Unfair Competition, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Florida |
| 10 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 11 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $6,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul Castronovo, Thomas A. McKinney of Castronovo & McKinney, LLC |
| Case: | McCarthy v. CareOne Management, LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $6,037,542.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brent N. Coverdale, Andrew J. Lewis, Paula L. Brown of Scharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin PC |
| Case: | All Star Awards & Ad Specialties Inc. v. HALO Branded Solutions Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conspiracy, Tortious Interference, Unfair Competition, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Missouri |
| 15 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $5,914,222.00 |
| Attorneys: | James W. Beck, Janelle E. Chase Fazio, Stephanie L. Bloomfield of Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP |
| Case: | Erickson v. Biogen Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, False Claims Act, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Washington |
| 17 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 18 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 19 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 20 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 21 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $3,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey H. Jacobson of Jacobson Law Firm (AZ) |
| Case: | Clark v. City of Tucson |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | Arizona |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $3,775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lloyd P. Mullen of Mullen & Associates P.C. |
| Case: | McDade v. YRC Worldwide Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $3,586,715.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randall K. Rathbun of Depew Gillen Rathbun & McInteer L.C. |
| Case: | Mid-Continent Anesthesiology Chartered v. Bassell, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Conspiracy, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Kansas |
| 25 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $3,316,443.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy J. Coffey of The Coffey Law Office P.C. |
| Case: | Jankowski v. Dean Foods Co., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $3,310,550.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alysia D. Franklin, Christopher J. Woolley, Gerald L. Miller of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Danny’s Restaurant LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Mississippi |
| 28 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 29 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $3,038,169.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brendan J. Donelon, Daniel W. Craig of Donelon, P.C. |
| Case: | Drake v. Steak N Shake Operations Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Missouri |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy J. Casey of Schmitt Schneck Casey Even & Williams, P.C. |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Arizona |
| 32 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $2,655,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frederick K. Brewington, Cathryn Harris-Marchesi of Law Office of Frederick K. Brewington |
| Case: | Abreu v. Verizon NY Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | New York |
| 34 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $2,506,543.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy E. Gibson, David L. Wiley of Gibson Wiley PLLC |
| Case: | Carter v. City of Abilene, Texas |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $2,427,605.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Mark Grundy, Jared A. Cox, Benjamin J. Lewis, Amanda L. Dohn, Kyle W. Miller of Bingham Greenebaum; Stephen B. Pence of Pence & Ogburn, PLLC; Cory J. Skolnick, D. Patton Pelfrey, Thomas C. Gleason, Ann G. Schoen, Junis L. Baldon of Frost Brown Todd LLC |
| Case: | Caudill Seed & Warehouse Co. Inc. v. Jarrow Formulas Inc. |
| Type: | Fraud, Malicious Prosecution, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unjust Enrichment, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Trademark Infringement |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 37 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 38 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erika Birch, Kathryn “Kass” Harstad of Strindberg & Scholnick, LLC |
| Case: | Fuller v. State of Idaho, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Idaho |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $1,762,800.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew A. Peluso of Matthew A. Peluso L.L.C. |
| Case: | Hagel v. Davenport, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Negligent Tort, Failure to Promote, Military Discrimination |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 41 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $1,715,097.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas B. Janney of Law Office of Douglas B. Janney III |
| Case: | Anderson v. Oak Ridge Schs., et al. |
| Type: | Defamation, Due Process Violation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Slander, Libel |
| State: | Tennessee |
| 43 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 44 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 45 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,561,320.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Sheridan, Mark W. Rose, Alea M. Carr of Sheridan Law Firm, PS |
| Case: | Robb v. Benton County, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Washington |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $1,558,119.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sina Negahbani of Law Offices of Sina Negahbani |
| Case: | Polynice v. Burger King Corp. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Florida |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick C. Gallagher, Raeann Warner, Thomas Crumplar of Jacobs & Crumplar, PA |
| Case: | Lampkins v. Mitra QSR KNE L.L.C. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Wrongful Demotion |
| State: | Delaware |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,505,561.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jan T. Aune of The Law Office of Jan T. Aune |
| Case: | Lillie v. ManTech International Corp. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | California |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,503,321.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joel M. Androphy , Zenobia Harris Bivens of Berg & Androphy |
| Case: | Miniex v. Houston Housing Authority |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Texas |