Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2020

Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2020We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 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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Note: If you have made this list (Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2020) you have also made the list of Top 100 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2020.

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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 Coyle Browne 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
21
Amount:$999,999.00
Attorneys:Bradley C. Gage, Milad Sadr of Goldberg & Gage
Case:Wright v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
22
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
23
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
24
Amount:$950,000.00
Attorneys:Eric A. Panitz of DesJardins & Panitz LLP
Case:Crenshaw v. County of Los Angeles, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment
25
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
26
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
27 (tie)
Amount:$750,000.00
Attorneys:Gregory W. Smith, Diana Wang Wells, Leila K. Al Faiz of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith
Case:Lewis v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Negligent Tort, Failure to Promote, Military Discrimination
27 (tie)
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
28
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
29
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
30
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
31 (tie)
Amount:$600,000.00
Attorneys:Larry W. Lee, Kristen M. Agnew, Nicholas Rosenthal, Max W. Gavron, Diversity Law Group P.C.; William L. Marder, Polaris Law Group LLP
Case:Siron v. Raypak Inc.
Type:Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
31 (tie)
Amount:$600,000.00
Attorneys:Megan Lencek, Cory Salisbury of Lencek, Pourfallah & Associates
Case:Pinkstaff v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Negligent Tort, Slander, Family & Medical Leave Act, Libel
31 (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
32
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
33
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
34
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
35 (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
35 (tie)
Amount:$500,000.00
Attorneys:Raymond Babaian, Kamran Shahabi, Carrie Shumake, Eric Gilanians of Valiant Law
Case:Broussard v. The GEO Group, et al.
Type:Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort
35 (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
35 (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
35 (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
36
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
37
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
38
Amount:$428,500.00
Attorneys:Daniel J. Muller, Alexandria C. Kavalaris of Ventura Hersey & Muller LLP
Case:Ruffy v. Island Hospitality Management Inc.
Type:Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
39
Amount:$425,000.00
Attorneys:Michael A. Conger of Law Office of Michael A. Conger
Case:Papuga v. City of San Diego
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Government Negligence, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort
40
Amount:$400,000.00
Attorneys:Elizabeth J. Gibbons of The Gibbons Firm PC, Los Angeles, CA
Case:Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Government Negligence, Invasion of Privacy, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort
41
Amount:$385,000.00
Attorneys:Michael W. Parks, Alan I. Schimmel, Arya Rhodes of Schimmel & Parks APLC
Case:Curry v. City of Los Angeles
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote
42
Amount:$380,000.00
Attorneys:Anita Grace Edwards of Law Offices of Anita Grace Edwards
Case:Barlow v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Government Negligence, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Negligent Tort, Failure to Promote
43
Amount:$375,000.00
Attorneys:Marcus J. Bradley, Kiley L. Grombacher, Lirit A. King of Bradley Grombacher LLP; Sahag Majarian II of Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II
Case:Garcia v. Ventura Coastal LLC
Type:Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
44 (tie)
Amount:$350,000.00
Attorneys:Leslie A. Burnet of Acker & Whipple; Anja Reinke of Law Office of Anja Reinke
Case:Acker v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment
44 (tie)
Amount:$350,000.00
Attorneys:Richard A. Hoyer, Ryan L. Hicks, Sean D. McHenry, Nicole Gage of Hoyer & Hicks; Walter L. Haines of United Employees Law Group PC
Case:Ornelas v. Maplebear Inc.
Type:Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
44 (tie)
Amount:$350,000.00
Attorneys:Maria G. Diaz, Kirby F. Canon of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg
Case:Castle v. County of Los Angeles, et al.
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
45
Amount:$340,000.00
Attorneys:Eric A. Boyajian, Amaras Zargarian of Law Offices of Eric A. Boyajian APC
Case:Sanchez v. CS Transit Leasing Inc.
Type:Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Conversion, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Quantum Meruit, Intentional Tort
46
Amount:$325,000.00
Attorneys:Michael L. Justice, Alec Simpson of Law Office of Michael L. Justice
Case:Bharadwaj v. County of Los Angeles
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Accommodate
47 (tie)
Amount:$300,000.00
Attorneys:Craig J. Ackermann of Ackermann & Tilajef P.C; David S. Winston of Winston Law Group P.C.
Case:Cruz v. Island Hospitality Management III LLC
Type:Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
47 (tie)
Amount:$300,000.00
Attorneys:Gabriel H. Avina of Law Offices of Gabriel H. Avina; Kevin S. Conlogue of Law Office of Kevin S. Conlogue
Case:Vasquez v. Hollywood Beautification Team
Type:Civil Rights Violation, False Claims Act, Qui Tam, Retaliation, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
48
Amount:$275,000.00
Attorneys:Larry W. Lee, Nicholas Rosenthal of Diversity Law Group P.C.; Edward W. Choi, Paul M. Yi of Law Offices of Choi & Associates; David Lee of David Lee Law
Case:Valdez v. Mountain Valley Express Co. Inc.
Type:Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
49
Amount:$265,000.00
Attorneys:Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC; Amir Nayebdadash, Heather Davis of Protection Law Group LLP
Case:Demase v. Beacon Property Management
Type:Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
50
Amount:$255,000.00
Attorneys:Matthew F. Archbold, David D. Deason of Deason & Archbold; John M. Norton of Matthew Norton & Associates
Case:Hernandez v. Sephora USA Inc.
Type:Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
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