Top 100 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 100 labor & employment settlements obtained in California in the year 2020. 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 - 50 | |
| Visit: | Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2020 |
| 51 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Y. Avrahamy of Law Offices of Joseph Y. Avrahamy; Michael O’Beirne of Law Offices of Michael O’Beirne |
| Case: | Anello v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 51 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Terry M. Goldberg, Bradley C. Gage, Milad Sadr of Law Offices of Goldberg & Gage |
| Case: | Auner v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Negligent Tort |
| 51 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig J. Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef P.C.; Jonathan Melmed, Melmed Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Lyons v. SAIA Motor Freight Line LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 52 | |
| Amount: | $240,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barbara A. Lawless, Emily S. McGrath of Lawless & Lawless |
| Case: | Austin v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Government Negligence, Hostile Work Environment, Negligent Supervision, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment, Negligent Tort, Failure to Promote, Negligent Retention |
| 53 | |
| Amount: | $237,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Connie Liem, James R. Mugridge, Anna Y. Park of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Sunridge Nurseries, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin Lo of Work Lawyers PC |
| Case: | Matsuda v. Nomura |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Graham Hollis, Vilmarie Cordero, Erik A. Dos Santos, Nicole R. Roysdon of GrahamHollis APC |
| Case: | Osegueda v. Northern California Inalliance |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roman Otkupman of Otkupman Law Firm |
| Case: | Flores v. American Technologies Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 54 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $225,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christina A. Humphrey, Thomas A. Rist of Humphrey & Rist LLP; James Clark of Tower Legal Group |
| Case: | Smith v. Homeguard Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 55 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam J. Savin, Edward M. Morgan of Law Offices of Savin & Bursk |
| Case: | Tsatryan v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Government Negligence, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Negligent Tort |
| 55 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott M. Lidman, Elizabeth Nguyen, Milan Moore of Lidman Law APC; Paul K. Haines of Haines Law Group APC |
| Case: | Jimenez v. American Sample Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 55 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry W. Lee, Nicholas Rosenthal of Diversity Law Group P.C.; William L. Marder of Marder Employment Law; Dennis S. Hyun of Hyun Legal APC |
| Case: | Autrey v. Level 3 Communications LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 55 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William L. Marder of Polaris Law Group LLP; Dennis S. Hyun of Hyun Legal APC |
| Case: | Soto v. Environmental Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 56 | |
| Amount: | $199,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul K. Haines, Sean M. Blakely, Diana M. Martinez of Haines Law Group APC |
| Case: | Mazariegos v. Heating & Cooling Supply LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 57 | |
| Amount: | $198,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tanya Gomerman, Maria A. Bourn of Law Offices of Tanya Gomerman; Tom Yu of Law Office of Tom Yu APC |
| Case: | Maier v. City and County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Negligent Tort |
| 58 | |
| Amount: | $170,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP |
| Case: | Soenardi v. Magnussen Imports Inc. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 59 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Terrence M. Jones of Law Office of Terrence Jones |
| Case: | Alvarez v. Huizar, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment, Wrongful Demotion, Negligent Tort |
| 59 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott M. Lidman, Elizabeth Nguyen, Milan Moore of Lidman Law APC; Paul K. Haines of Haines Law Group APC |
| Case: | Aguilar v. Three Generations Harvesting LLC |
| Type: | Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 59 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Xinying Valerian of Valerian Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Former Employee v. Aurora San Diego, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 60 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $135,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tina Mehr of Vision Legal Inc. |
| Case: | Jimenez v. RonJon Rentals Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 60 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $135,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven G. Tidrick, Joel B. Young of The Tidrick Law Firm LLP |
| Case: | Roe v. Jose Torres L.D. Latin Club Bar Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 61 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $115,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Srourian of Srourian Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Bordier v. People Creating Success Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 61 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $115,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexei Kuchinsky, William P. Klein of Klein Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Sherman v. Harris’ Restaurant Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 62 | |
| Amount: | $112,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Brown of Robert Stanford Brown APC |
| Case: | Gilmer v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Negligent Tort |
| 63 | |
| Amount: | $110,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth H. Yoon, Stephanie E. Yasuda, Brian G. Lee of Yoon Law APC |
| Case: | Greer v. VIP Protective Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 64 | |
| Amount: | $105,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William B. Sullivan, Eric K. Yaeckel, Ryan T. Kuhn, Andrea J. Torres-Figueroa of Sullivan Law Group APC |
| Case: | Ortiz v. Dunn Enterprises Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 65 | |
| Amount: | $102,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP |
| Case: | Ramirez v. JEH Enterprises Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 66 | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elliot J. Siegel, Julian Burns King of King & Siegel LLP; Jonathan Fraser Light, Jaclyn M. Joyce of LightGabler |
| Case: | Ayala v. Four Seasons Heating & Cooling Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 67 - 100 | |
| Note: | Settlements below $100,000 have not been included to the list. |