Top 50 Class Action Settlements in California in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 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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| Visit: | Top 20 Class Action Settlements in California in 2020 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Brett Sutton, Jared Hague of Sutton Hague Law Corporation P.C. |
| Case: | Smothers v. Northstar Alarm Systems |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew R. Bainer of The Bainer Law Firm; Peter R. Dion-Kindem of The Dion-Kindem Law Firm ; James R. Hawkins, Isandra Y. Fernandez of James Hawkins APLC; Matthew J. Matern, Joshua D. Boxer of Matern Law Group PC |
| Case: | Tellez v. Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 23 (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 |
| 23 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Heather Davis of Protection Law Group LLP; Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Stephanie S. Ponek, Tehniat Zaman of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Patterson v. Blue Bottle Coffee Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 23 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shaun Setareh, William M. Pao, Thomas Segal, H. Scott Leviant of Setareh Law Group |
| Case: | Quiruz v. Specialty Commodities Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, FCRA Violation |
| 23 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Palay, Michael A. Strauss, Brian D. Hefelfinger of Strauss & Palay APC; Alejandro P. Gutierrez of Hathaway, Perrett, Webster, Powers, Chrisman & Gutierrez APC |
| Case: | Fuller v. Zep Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Unjust Enrichment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Bad Faith |
| 24 | |
| 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 |
| 25 | |
| 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 |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | L. Timothy Fisher, Neal J. Deckant, Scott A. Bursor of Bursor & Fisher P.A. |
| Case: | Joseph v. Trader Joe’s Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty, Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, False Advertising, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Unfair Competition, Unjust Enrichment, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, Breach of Warranty of Merchantability, Negligent Tort |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Winifred Kao, Palyn Hung Mitchell of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus; Jesse Newmark, Ana Henderson-Arjona of Centro Legal de la Raza; Carol Vigne of Legal Aid at Work |
| Case: | Navarrete v. Burma Superstar Oakland Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Retaliation, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,280,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; Raphael A. Katri of Law Offices of Raphael A. Katri |
| Case: | Suazo v. Leslie's Poolmart Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony J. Orshansky, Justin Kachadoorian, Alexandria R. Kachadoorian of CounselOne PC; James R. Patterson, Jennifer M. French of Patterson Law Group APC |
| Case: | Deveroux v. Apple Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Invasion of Privacy, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,226,513.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark A. Chavez, Nance F. Becker of Chavez & Gertler LLP ; Michael D. Braun of Braun Law Group P.C.; Andrew S. Kierstead of Law Offices of Andrew Kierstead |
| Case: | Miller v. Wise Company Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, False Advertising, Unfair Business Practices, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $1,209,652.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura L. Ho, Byron R. Goldstein, Mengfei Sun of Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho; Bruce C. Fox, Jeffrey B. Cadle, Andrew J. Horowitz of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel L.L.P. |
| Case: | Foster v. Advantage Sales & Marketing L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $1,155,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allen Graves, Jacqueline Treu, Jenny Yu of The Graves Firm |
| Case: | Gellman v. ADESA California LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 32 | |
| 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 |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Farzad Rastegar, Joshua Lange of Rastegar Law Group APC; Grant Joseph Savoy of Solouki Savoy LLP |
| Case: | Plancarte v. G.T. Tucker Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 33 (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 |
| 33 (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 |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul K. Haines, Sean M. Blakely, Jamin Xu of Haines Law Group APC |
| Case: | Bradley Queen v. Unlimited Quest Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $990,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David D. Bibiyan, Diego Aviles, Bibiyan Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Mata v. Sahara Scaffold Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $974,409.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jean-Claude Lapuyade of JCL Law Firm APC; Nicholas De Blouw of Blumenthal, Nordrehaug, Bhowmik & De Blouw LLP; Larry W. Lee of Diversity Law Group P.C.; James Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick & Swanston |
| Case: | Krake v. Central Valley Diner Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $875,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nazo Koulloukian, Hilary Silvia of Koul Law Firm |
| Case: | Partida v. Stater Bros. Markets |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John E. Hill, Enrique Martinez of Law Offices of John E. Hill |
| Case: | Cuevas v. Dias & Fragoso Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth S. Gaines, Daniel F. Gaines, Alex P. Katofsky, Sepideh Ardestani of Gaines & Gaines APLC; Anthony J. Orshansky, Justin Kachadoorian of CounselOne P.C. |
| Case: | Guerrero v. Main Electric Supply Co. LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Lavi, Jordan D. Bello of Lavi & Ebrahimian LLP; Sahag Majarian II of Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Gutierrez v. Bemus Landscape Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $685,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jose R. Garay, Daniel J. Hyun, Shelly Song of Jose Garay APLC |
| Case: | Orozco v. Fleetwood Aluminum Products Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $675,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David P. Myers, Jason Hatcher, Morgan Good of The Myers Law Group APC |
| Case: | Tellez-Giron v. D&R Glass Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael H. Boyamian, Armand R. Kizirian of Boyamian Law Inc.; Thomas W. Falvey of Law Offices of Thomas W. Falvey; Carol L. Gillam, Sara Heum of The Gillam Law Firm |
| Case: | Humes v. First Student Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $620,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin F. Woodall of Woodall Law Offices |
| Case: | Ali v. Swinerton Builders |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott M. Lidman, Elizabeth Nguyen, Milan Moore of Lidman Law APC; Paul K. Haines of Haines Law Group APC |
| Case: | Quiros v. Prime-Line Products Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry W. Lee, Kristen M. Agnew, Nicholas Rosenthal, Max W. Gavron of Diversity Law Group P.C.; William L. Marder of Polaris Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Siron v. Raypak Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $585,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Corbett H. Williams of Law Offices of Corbett H. Williams; Matthew A. Berliner of Fortis LLP |
| Case: | Murphy v. Valet Waste LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David S. Winston of Winston Law Group P.C.; Craig J. Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef P.C.; Jonathan Melmed, Melmed Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Moseby v. Renzenberger Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $505,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Betancourt v. Data Exchange Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik, Victoria B. Rivapalacio of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP |
| Case: | Mercado v. Security Industry Specialists Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin R. Allen of Allen Attorney Group; Daniel Velton of Velton Zegelman P.C. |
| Case: | Provencio v. Too Faced Cosmetics LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kashif Haque, Samuel A. Wong, Jessica L. Campbell, Fawn F. Bekam, Shelly D. Song, Aegis Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Taylor v. R.W. Lyall & Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Rose, Manny M. Starr, Karo G. Karapetyan of Frontier Law Center |
| Case: | Cruz v. Holder Construction Group LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Daniel J. Park of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Romero v. Med One Capital Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $456,050.00 |
| Attorneys: | Malte L.L. Farnaes, Christina M. Lucio, Mitchell J. Murray of Farnaes & Lucio APC |
| Case: | Mata v. Living Ecology Manufacturing Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John E. Hill, Enrique Martinez of Law Offices of John E. Hill |
| Case: | Cortez v. Viera Custom Chopping Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |