Top 10 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2021
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 labor & employment settlements obtained in California in the year 2021. 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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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $14,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph R. Becerra of Becerra Law Firm; Torey J. Favarote of Gleason & Favarote L.L.P. |
| Case: | Barnes, et al. v. Target Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $6,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mehrdad Bokhour of Bokhour Law Group, P.C.; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Garcia, et al. v. Cardenas Markets, LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $5,726,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clayeo C. Arnold, John T. Stralen, Joshua H. Watson of Clayeo C. Arnold APC |
| Case: | Mishra v. Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Conversion, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $3,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randy Renick, Cornelia Dai of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai, LLP; Josh Young, Jay Smith of Gilbert & Sackman, A Law Corporation |
| Case: | Craig, et al. v. Corteva, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $3,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Hawkins, Samantha A. Smith of James Hawkins APLC |
| Case: | Linehan-Clodfelter v. Vivint, Inc. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Phillip Song, Arsine Grigoryan, Haig Hogdanian of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Williams v. Aetna Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hallie Von Rock of Aiman‐Smith & Marcy |
| Case: | Cong, et al. v. Mygrant Glass Co., Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 8 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph R. Becerra of Becerra Law Firm; Torey Joseph Favarote of Gleason & Favarote L.L.P. |
| Case: | Stokes, et al. v. Exact Staff, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 8 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew McNicholas, Abel Nair of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Boyd v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $2,863,106.00 |
| Attorneys: | Julian Hammond, Polina Brandler, Ari Cherniak of HammondLaw P.C. |
| Case: | Harris-Foster v. The University of Phoenix Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $2,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Xinying Valerian of Valerian Law, P.C.; Andrew Melzer, Qiaojing Zheng of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP |
| Case: | Brooke v. Aurora Behavioral Healthcare‐Santa Rosa, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Misrepresentation, Retaliation, Unfair Business Practices, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
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