Top 10 Civil Rights Violation Settlements in the United States in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 civil rights violation settlements obtained in the United States 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 10 Civil Rights Violation Settlements in the United States in 2020) you have also made the list of Top 20 Civil Rights Violation Settlements in the United States in 2020.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $65,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen G. Larson, Jonathan E. Phillips, Koren L. Bell, Steven E. Bledsoe of Larson LLP |
| Case: | Burum, et al. v. County of San Bernardino, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Conspiracy, Malicious Prosecution, Retaliation, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, First Amendment Violation, Spoliation of Evidence, Reputational Harm |
| State: | California |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $20,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael H. Imdieke, Lauren A. Duke, Nathan D. Foster, Loretta F. Medina of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Jackson National Life Ins. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Colorado |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aimee L. McFerren of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Walmart Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $13,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James McConkie, Bradley Parker, W. Alexander Evans of Parker & McConkie; J. Frederic Voros, Jr., Dick Baldwin of Zimmerman Booher |
| Case: | Mccluskey v. State of Utah, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Murder, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Failure to Protect, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| State: | Utah |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $12,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sam Aguiar, Lonita Baker of Sam Aguiar Injury Lawyers; Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law |
| Case: | Estate of Taylor v. Hankison, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $10,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Russel Riggan, Samuel Moore of Riggan Law Firm ; Edward Robertson, Jr. of Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader |
| Case: | Wildhaber v. St. Louis County, Missouri |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Missouri |
| 7 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $9,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura Frances Donaldson, Marilyn Bednarski, Ronald O. Kaye of McLane Bednarski & Litt LLP |
| Case: | Kolb v. County of Placer, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Paralysis Injury |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Darrell Cochran, Tom Vertetis of Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala; Loren Cochran of Cochran Douglas; Tom Balerud of Thomas A. Balerud Law Office |
| Case: | Orn v. City of Tacoma, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Personal Injury, Gunshot Wound, Intentional Tort, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort, Paralysis Injury, Amputation |
| State: | Washington |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $7,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Haddad, Julia Sherwin of Haddad & Sherwin LLP |
| Case: | Martinez v. City of Pittsburg |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Excessive Force, Government Negligence, Wrongful Death, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |