Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 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 | |
| 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 |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna Y. Park, Nakkisa Akhavan of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| Case: | U.S. EEOC v. Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 3 | |
| 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 |
| 4 | |
| 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 |
| 5 | |
| 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 |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| 7 | |
| 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 |
| 8 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| 8 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Xinying Valerian, Dominic Valerian of Valerian Law, P.C.; Monique Olivier, Katharine Chao of Olivier Schreiber Chao LLP |
| Case: | Casteel v. Alaska Airlines. Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Competition, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 8 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hallie Von Rock, Reed Marcy of Aiman‐Smith & Marcy |
| Case: | Palma v. Mercury Insurance Services LLC |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $2,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elizabeth M. Peck of Peck‐Law; Devin Coyle of Devin Coyle Law |
| Case: | Mathews v. Happy Valley Conference Center, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 10 | |
| 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 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $2,277,532.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Conger of Law Office of Michael A. Conger |
| Case: | Kries, et al. v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| 13 | |
| 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 |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lisa Bloom, Raquelle de la Rocha, Anna Levine-Gronningsater, Serineh Terzyan of The Bloom Firm |
| Case: | Villegas v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Failure to Report, Negligent Tort |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shadie L. Berenji of Berenji Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Hudson v. Sterling Jewelers Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan Saba, Tyler Vanderpool of Rosen Saba LLP |
| Case: | Monroy v. Yoshinoya America, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Farzad Rastegar, Danielle Sherrod, Sharon W. Lin of Rastegar Law Group APC |
| Case: | Knight v. Redlands Community Hospital |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,275,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David P. Myers of The Myers Law Group APC |
| Case: | Carreon v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Family & Medical Leave Act |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond T. Cheung of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Air Systems, Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik, Piya Mukherjee, Victoria B. Rivapalacio of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP |
| Case: | Martin v. Aircraft Service International Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Stephanie S. Ponek of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Baldonado-Smallwood v. Sundance Spas Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jack Bazerkanian, James Shin of C&B Law Group LLP; Anthony Nguyen of Shegerian & Associates, Inc. |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mehrdad Bokhour, Ryan J. DeRose of Bokhour Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Alvarez v. Pre-Con Products |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |