Top 50 Wage & Hour Violation Settlements in the United States in 2020
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| Visit: | Top 20 Wage & Hour Violation Settlements in the United States in 2020 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $2,713,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; Sahag Majarian II of Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Segura v. San Jose LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian of Lawyers for Justice PC; Heather Davis, Amir Nayebdadash of Protection Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Quijas v. Pet Food Express |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Bevin Allen Pike, Orlando Villalba, Joseph Hakakian of Capstone Law APC |
| Case: | Morales v. Paschen Management Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $2,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremiah Frei-Pearson, Andrew Charles White of Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber L.L.P |
| Case: | Beebe v. V&J National Enterprises L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Unjust Enrichment, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $2,277,532.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Conger of Law Office of Michael A. Conger |
| Case: | Kries, et al. v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Robert J. Drexler Jr., Molly A. DeSario, Jonathan Lee of Capstone Law APC; Matthew Righetti, John Glugoski, Michael Righetti of Righetti Glugoski P.C.; Craig J. Ackermann, Sam Vahedi of Ackermann & Tilajef P.C.; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Scoggins v. Crossmark Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Graham S.P. Hollis, Vilmarie Cordero, David Lin, Laura M. Supanich of GrahamHollis APC |
| Case: | De Orozco v. Flagship Facility Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan J. Schwartz, Ryan T. Chin of Bryan Schwartz Law; Dustin L. Collier, V. Joshua Socks of Collier Law Firm LLP |
| Case: | Policarpio v. Quality Medical Imaging of California Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael L. Fradin of Fradin Law; Anthony J. Lazzaro, Chastity L. Christy, Lori M. Griffin of The Lazzaro Law Firm L.L.C. |
| Case: | Rosenbohm v. Cello Partnership |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Ohio |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Daniel J. Park of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Morel v. Aseptic Solutions USA Ventures LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Brett Sutton, Jared Hague of Sutton Hague Law Corporation P.C. |
| Case: | Smothers v. Northstar Alarm Systems |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew R. Bainer of The Bainer Law Firm; Peter R. Dion-Kindem of The Dion-Kindem Law Firm ; James R. Hawkins, Isandra Y. Fernandez of James Hawkins APLC; Matthew J. Matern, Joshua D. Boxer of Matern Law Group PC |
| Case: | Tellez v. Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $1,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas M. Werman, Maureen A. Salas of Werman Salas P.C. |
| Case: | Diebold v. Paylocity Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Illinois |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Heather Davis of Protection Law Group LLP; Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Stephanie S. Ponek, Tehniat Zaman of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Patterson v. Blue Bottle Coffee Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shaun Setareh, William M. Pao, Thomas Segal, H. Scott Leviant of Setareh Law Group |
| Case: | Quiruz v. Specialty Commodities Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, FCRA Violation |
| State: | California |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shadie L. Berenji of Berenji Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Hudson v. Sterling Jewelers Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | California |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan Saba, Tyler Vanderpool of Rosen Saba LLP |
| Case: | Monroy v. Yoshinoya America, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Farzad Rastegar, Danielle Sherrod, Sharon W. Lin of Rastegar Law Group APC |
| Case: | Knight v. Redlands Community Hospital |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $1,395,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Troy L. Kessler, Garrett D. Kaske of Kessler Matura P.C.; Michael J. Palitz, Gregg I. Shavitz, Logan A. Pardell, Tamra Givens of Shavitz Law Group P.A. |
| Case: | Meo v. Lane Bryant Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $1,390,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dustin Lujan of Lujan Law Office; Jay Forester of Forester Haynie PLLC |
| Case: | Goich v. NFSM Pizza, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Wyoming |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Winifred Kao, Palyn Hung Mitchell of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus; Jesse Newmark, Ana Henderson-Arjona of Centro Legal de la Raza; Carol Vigne of Legal Aid at Work |
| Case: | Navarrete v. Burma Superstar Oakland Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Retaliation, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $1,280,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; Raphael A. Katri of Law Offices of Raphael A. Katri |
| Case: | Suazo v. Leslie's Poolmart Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 39 | |
| 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 |
| 40 | |
| 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 |
| 41 | |
| 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 |
| 42 (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 |
| 42 (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 |
| 42 (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 |
| 42 (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 |
| 42 (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 |
| 43 | |
| 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 |
| 44 (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 |
| 44 (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 |
| 45 | |
| 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 |
| 46 | |
| 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 |
| 47 | |
| 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 |
| 48 (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 |
| 48 (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 |
| 49 | |
| 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 |
| 50 | |
| 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 |