Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in the United States in 2020
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| 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: | $20,965,710.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven A. Schwartz, Mark B. DeSanto, Samantha E. Holbrook of Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith L.L.P |
| Case: | Mercer, et al. v. Aramark Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Unjust Enrichment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Bad Faith, Unpaid Bonuses |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 5 | |
| 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 |
| 6 | |
| 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 |
| 7 | |
| 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 |
| 8 | |
| 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 |
| 9 | |
| 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 |
| 10 | |
| 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 |
| 11 | |
| 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 |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| 13 | |
| 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 |
| 14 | |
| 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 |
| 15 | |
| 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 |
| 16 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $5,399,701.00 |
| Attorneys: | Debra M. Lawrence, Maria Salacuse, Sharon Gustafson, Christopher Lage, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Jacqueline McNair of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Baltimore County |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Maryland |
| 18 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Barton Goplerud, Brian O. Marty, Brandon M. Bohlman of Shindler, Anderson, Goplerud & Weese P.C.; Michael Dell’Angelo, Shanon J. Carson, Jon Lambiras of Berger Montague P.C.; David Cates of Cates Mahoney L.L.C. |
| Case: | Cohen v. Accordia Life and Annuity Co., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Class Action, Tortious Interference, Unjust Enrichment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Bad Faith, Unpaid Commissions |
| State: | Iowa |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $5,075,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Debra M. Lawrence, Maria Salacuse, David Staudt, Eric S. Thompson of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Performance Food Group Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Gender Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Maryland |
| 20 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey K. Compton, Daria Dub Carlson of Markun Zusman Freniere & Compton LLP; Jonathan Weiss of Law Office of Jonathan Weiss |
| Case: | Citywide Consultants & Food Management LLC v. Gruma Co. |
| Type: | Antitrust Violation, Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Price Fixing |
| State: | California |
| 20 (tie) | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |