Top 10 Wage & Hour Violation Settlements in the United States in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 wage & hour 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 Wage & Hour Violation Settlements in the United States in 2020) you have also made the list of Top 20 Wage & Hour Violation Settlements in the United States in 2020.
Important: While we strive to achieve maximum accuracy and completeness of our lists, we cannot guarantee either at 100%. If you believe another settlement should be on this list, please submit it to us today.
| 1 | |
| Amount: | $750,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James B. Zouras, Ryan F. Stephan, Teresa M. Becvar of Stephan Zouras L.L.P. |
| Case: | Fries v. Residential Home Health, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $35,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roosevelt N. Nesmith of Law Office of Roosevelt N. Nesmith L.L.C.; Richard E. Quintilone II of Quintilone & Associates, Lake Forest, CA; David Markham of The Markham Law Firm; Catherine E. Anderson of Giskan Solotaroff & Anderson L.L.P. |
| Case: | Merino v. Wells Fargo & Co., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $16,007,218.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer Palmquist, Christine Tracey of Northwest Lawfirm |
| Case: | Palmateer v. Les Schwab Tire Centers of Portland, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Oregon |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas M. Werman, Maureen A. Salas, Sarah J. Arendt of Werman Salas P.C.; Michael A. Josephson, Lindsay R. Itkin of Josephson Dunlap; Richard J. Burch of Bruckner Burch P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Blackburn v. Allied Power Services, LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 8 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $6,565,516.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua Konecky, Todd M. Schneider, Nathan Piller of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP |
| Case: | Hose v. Washington Inventory Service Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unpaid Wages, Unjust Enrichment, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Bad Faith |
| State: | California |
| 10 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |