Top 20 Class Action Settlements in California in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 class action 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 | |
| Amount: | $215,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steve W. Berman, Shelby R. Smith, Whitney Siehl, Christopher R. Pitoun of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP; Annika K. Martin, Evan J. Ballan, Jonathan D. Selbin of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP; Daniel C. Girard, Jordan Elias, Elizabeth A. Kramer of Girard Sharp LLP; Joseph G. Sauder, Matthew D. Schelkopf, Lori G. Kier of Sauder Schelkopf LLC |
| Case: | In re: USC Student Health Center Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Failure to Warn, Negligent Supervision, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Sexual Battery |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $82,273,846.00 |
| Attorneys: | James M. Sitkin of Law Offices of James M. Sitkin; Joshua G. Konecky, Leslie Joyner of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns LLP |
| Case: | Helmick v. Air Methods Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Retaliation, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $22,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David C. Parisi, Suzanne Havens Beckman of Parisi & Haven LLP; Grace E. Parasmo, Yitzchak H. Lieberman of Parasmo Lieberman Law |
| Case: | King v. Bumble Trading Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, Unfair Competition, Unjust Enrichment, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $17,375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger R. Carter of The Carter Law Firm; Marc H. Phelps of Phelps Law Group; Randall R. Renick, Cornelia Dai of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP; Jay Smith, Joshua F. Young of Gilbert & Sackman, A Law Corporation |
| Case: | Clack et al. v. Chevron USA Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $12,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward J. Wynne, George R. Nemiroff of Wynne Law Firm; James F. Clapp of Clapp & Lauinger LLP; David S. Markun of Markun Zusman Freniere & Compton LLP |
| Case: | Lowe v. Lynch, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Helen I. Zeldes, Ben Travis, Paul L. Hoffman, John C. Washington of Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes LLP |
| Case: | Garvin v. San Diego Unified Port District |
| Type: | Class Action, Commercial Litigation, Tax Assessment Appeals |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $6,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger R. Carter, Bianca A. Sofonio of The Carter Law Firm; Marc H. Phelps of The Phelps Law Group; Noam Glick of Glick Law Group; Larry W. Lee of Diversity Law Group PC |
| Case: | Harchegani, et al. v. Cellco Partnership, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $6,199,998.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ann M. Smith of Smith, Steiner, Vanderpool & Wax APC |
| Case: | Mitchell v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Jill J. Parker of Lawyers for Justice PC; Carolyn H. Cottrell, David C. Leimbach, Michelle S. Lim, Scott L. Gordon of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP |
| Case: | Jones v. CertifiedSafety Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael T. Risher, Abre’ L. Conner, Jamie L. Crook, William Freeman of ACLU Foundation of Northern California; Laura M. Goodall, Keith L. Slenkovich, Francine A. Bendat, Erin M. Ladd of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP; Elisa Della-Piana of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights; Thomas Osha Neumann of East Bay Community Law Center |
| Case: | Sanchez v. Caltrans |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Due Process Violation, Property Rights, Conversion, Intentional Tort, Unreasonable Search & Seizure, Trespass |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $5,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shadie L. Berenji and Brittanee A. Marksbury of Berenji Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Sevilla v. Aaron's Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 12 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey K. Compton, Daria Dub Carlson of Markun Zusman Freniere & Compton LLP; Jonathan Weiss of Law Office of Jonathan Weiss |
| Case: | Citywide Consultants & Food Management LLC v. Gruma Co. |
| Type: | Antitrust Violation, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Price Fixing |
| 12 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Yeremian, Jason Rothman of David Yeremian & Associates Inc.; Dennis F. Moss, Ari Moss, Jeremy F. Bollinger of Moss Bollinger LLP |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $3,182,979.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Srourian of Srourian Law Firm P.C.; Ashkan Shakouri of Shakouri Law Firm |
| Case: | Mclemore v. Nautilus Hyosung America Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott M. Lidman, Elizabeth Nguyen of Lidman Law, APC; Paul K. Haines of Haines Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Johnson v. DCH Simi Valley Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $2,713,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; Sahag Majarian II of Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Segura v. San Jose LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Bevin Allen Pike, Orlando Villalba, Joseph Hakakian of Capstone Law APC |
| Case: | Morales v. Paschen Management Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald A. Marron, Michael T. Houchin of Law Offices of Ronald A. Marron |
| Case: | Graves v. United Industries Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, False Advertising, Unfair Competition, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort |
| 16 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian of Lawyers for Justice PC; Heather Davis, Amir Nayebdadash of Protection Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Quijas v. Pet Food Express |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 17 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Yolanda Huang of Law Offices of Yolanda Huang |
| Case: | Taylor v. San Francisco County Jail |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Government Negligence, Intentional Tort, Prison Negligence, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 17 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Robert J. Drexler Jr., Molly A. DeSario, Jonathan Lee of Capstone Law APC; Matthew Righetti, John Glugoski, Michael Righetti of Righetti Glugoski P.C.; Craig J. Ackermann, Sam Vahedi of Ackermann & Tilajef P.C.; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Scoggins v. Crossmark Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan J. Schwartz, Ryan T. Chin of Bryan Schwartz Law; Dustin L. Collier, V. Joshua Socks of Collier Law Firm LLP |
| Case: | Policarpio v. Quality Medical Imaging of California Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey N. Wilens of Lakeshore Law Center; Jeffrey P. Spencer of The Spencer Law Firm |
| Case: | Gilbert v. MoneyMutual LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, False Advertising, Racketeering, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Unlicensed Activity |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Graham S.P. Hollis, Vilmarie Cordero, David Lin, Laura M. Supanich of GrahamHollis APC |
| Case: | De Orozco v. Flagship Facility Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Daniel J. Park of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Morel v. Aseptic Solutions USA Ventures LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack Fitzgerald, Trevor M. Flynn, Melanie Persinger of The Law Office of Jack Fitzgerald PC; Paul K. Joseph of The Law Office of Paul K. Joseph PC |
| Case: | Hunter v. Nature’s Way Products LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, False Advertising, Unfair Competition, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, Breach of Warranty of Merchantability |