Top 100 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2020
We 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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| Visit: | Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2020 |
| 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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