Top 100 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2020

Top 100 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2020We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 100 labor & employment 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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51 (tie)
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
State:California
51 (tie)
Amount:$1,250,000.00
Attorneys:Anna Y. Park, Nakkisa Akhavan, Natalie Nardecchia, Andrea E. Ringer, Sonya Shao of EEOC; David P. Myers, Robert M. Kitson of The Myers Law Group A.P.C.
Case:EEOC v. Del Taco L.L.C.
Type:Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Negligent Tort
State:California
52
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
State:California
53
Amount:$1,200,000.00
Attorneys:Daniel Bryant of Bryant Legal, LLC ; Matthew J.P. Coffman of Coffman Legal LLC
Case:Satterly v. Airstream, Inc.
Type:Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Ohio
54
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
State:California
55
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
State:California
56 (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
State:California
56 (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
State:California
56 (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
State:California
56 (tie)
Amount:$1,000,000.00
Attorneys:Robert S. Arns, Jonathan E. Davis, Kevin M. Osborne, Julie C. Erickson, Shounak S. Dharap, Robert C. Foss of The Arns Law Firm
Case:Ruiz v. Jack in the Box Inc.
Type:Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation
State:California
56 (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
State:California
56 (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
State:California
57 (tie)
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
State:California
57 (tie)
Amount:$999,999.00
Attorneys:Michael Nourmand, James A. De Sario, Melissa M. Kurata of The Nourmand Law Firm APC
Case:Orozco v. Beaumont Juice Inc.
Type:Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:California
58 (tie)
Amount:$990,000.00
Attorneys:David D. Bibiyan, Diego Aviles of 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
State:California
58 (tie)
Amount:$990,000.00
Attorneys:Alexander N. Hood of Towards Justice; Brian D. Gonzales of The Law Offices of Brian D. Gonzales P.L.L.C.
Case:Bagoue v. Developmental Pathways Inc., et al.
Type:Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Colorado
59
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
State:California
60
Amount:$967,316.00
Attorneys:Carol Garvan, David G. Webbert, , Valerie Z. Wicks of Johnson, Webbert & Garvan L.L.P.
Case:Conant, et al. v. FMC Corp.
Type:Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment
State:Maine
61 (tie)
Amount:$950,000.00
Attorneys:Bryan J. Schwartz, Samuel Goldsmith, Rachel M. Terp of Bryan Schwartz Law
Case:Dela Cruz v. Addison Lee Inc.
Type:Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:California
61 (tie)
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
State:California
61 (tie)
Amount:$950,000.00
Attorneys:Lawrence J. Semenza III, Christopher D. Kircher, Jarrod Rickard, Katie L. Cannata of Semenza Kircher Rickard
Case:Klatt v. Dignity Health
Type:Breach of Contract, Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort, Bad Faith
State:Nevada
62
Amount:$900,000.00
Attorneys:Faye A. Williams, Pamela B. Dixon, Timothy M. Bowne of EEOC
Case:EEOC v. Dillard’s Inc.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote
State:Arkansas
63
Amount:$898,500.00
Attorneys:Leon Greenberg, Dana Sniegocki of Leon Greenberg Professional Corporation; Christian Gabroy, Kaine Messer of Gabroy Law Offices
Case:May, et al. v. Wynn Las Vegas L.L.C., et al.
Type:Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Nevada
64 (tie)
Amount:$875,000.00
Attorneys:William S. Waldo, Rebecca L. Claudat of Bononi Law Group LLP
Case:Jared v. Bottling Group LLC
Type:Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:California
64 (tie)
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
State:California
65
Amount:$870,000.00
Attorneys:Samuel O. Maduegbuna, William W. Cowles of Maduegbuna Cooper LLP
Case:Natofsky v. The City of New York, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Accommodate
State:New York
66
Amount:$865,000.00
Attorneys:Anthony J. Orshansky, Alexandria R. Kachadoorian, Justin Kachadoorian of CounselOne P.C.
Case:Elias v. Charlie’s Enterprises Inc.
Type:Class Action, Unfair Competition, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, FCRA Violation
State:California
67
Amount:$850,000.00
Attorneys:David Fried, Joe White of Fried & Bonder L.L.C.; Daniel Wyatt of Wyatt Aufdermaur L.L.C.
Case:Martin, et al. v. Budd Properties Inc., et al.
Type:Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Georgia
68
Amount:$825,000.00
Attorneys:Gerald L. Miller, Harriett F. Oppenheim, Marsha L. Rucker, Pamela B. Dixon, Gina E. Pearson, Kurt S. Fischer, Russell P. Parker of EEOC
Case:EEOC v. Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire
State:Mississippi
69
Amount:$800,000.00
Attorneys:Andranik Tsarukyan, Armen Zenjiryan of Remedy Law Group LLP
Case:Rodriguez v. Hort Tech LLC
Type:Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:California
70 (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
State:California
70 (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
State:California
71
Amount:$758,250.00
Attorneys:Gregg I. Shavitz, Camar R. Jones, Alan Quiles of Shavitz Law Group, P.A.
Case:Metzler, et al. v. Medical Management International, Inc., et al.
Type:Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Florida
72 (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
State:California
72 (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
State:California
72 (tie)
Amount:$750,000.00
Attorneys:Todd C. Werts, Bradford B. Lear of Lear Werts L.L.P.; Robert D. Curran of Curran Law Firm
Case:Voorhis v. Greene County
Type:Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Missouri
73
Amount:$743,556.00
Attorneys:Brian P. Krier, Kate S. O’Scannlain, Oscar P. Hampton of U.S. Department of Labor
Case:Scalia v. Maric Care Services Inc., et al.
Type:Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Maryland
74
Amount:$725,000.00
Attorneys:Haohao Song, William P. Klein of Klein Law Group LLP
Case:Ma v. Creative Energy Foods Inc.
Type:Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:California
75
Amount:$703,528.00
Attorneys:Michael R. Minkoff, Alexander T. Coleman, Michael J. Borrelli of Borrelli & Associates P.L.L.C.
Case:Fitzpatrick v. Parkchester Department of Public Safety L.L.C.
Type:Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:New York
76
Amount:$700,000.00
Attorneys:Jeffrey Burstein, Sebastian Riccardi, Raechel Adams of EEOC
Case:EEOC v. Computer Sciences Corp.
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:New York
77
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
State:California
78 (tie)
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
State:California
78 (tie)
Amount:$675,000.00
Attorneys:Justin M. Swartz of Outten & Golden L.L.P.
Case:Rivett v. Chicago Bread, L.L.C.
Type:Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Illinois
79 (tie)
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
State:California
79 (tie)
Amount:$650,000.00
Attorneys:David M. Blanchard of Blanchard & Walker P.L.L.C.; Mark Potashnick of Weinhaus & Potashnick
Case:Mcfarlin v. The Word Enterprises L.L.C., et al.
Type:Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Michigan
79 (tie)
Amount:$650,000.00
Attorneys:Michael G. O’Neill of Law Offices of Michael G. O’Neill
Case:Passante v. Makkos, et al.
Type:Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:New York
80 (tie)
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
State:California
80 (tie)
Amount:$620,000.00
Attorneys:Daniel Zemans of The Law Offices of Daniel Zemans L.L.C.
Case:Leisner, et al. v. Chop Hospitality LLC, et al.
Type:Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Illinois
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