Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2021
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 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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| 11 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2021 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua Falakassa of Falakassa Law, P.C.; Mehrdad Bokhour of Bokhour Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Mann v. Altec Industries, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roman Otkupman, Nidah Farishta, Meghan Maertz of Otkupman Law Firm ALC |
| Case: | Bravo v. Sunrise Floor Systems LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes; Raphael A. Katri of Law Offices of Raphael A. Katri |
| Case: | Morfin v. Core-Mark International Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,232,055.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shaun Setareh, Thomas Segal, Farrah Grant of Setareh Law Group |
| Case: | Arroyo v. J.R. Simplot Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, FCRA Violation |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,230,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Nourmand, James A. De Sario of The Nourmand Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Ortega v. M. Block and Sons, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,228,560.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marcus J. Bradley, Kiley L. Grombacher, Lirit A. King of Bradley Grombacher L.L.P.; Sahag Majarian II of Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II; Scott E. Wheeler of Law Office of Scott E. Wheeler; Aubry Wand of The Wand Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Green v. Material Supply Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kashif Haque, Samuel A. Wong, Jessica L. Campbell of Aegis Law Firm PC; David Yeremian, Jason Rothman of David Yeremian & Associates Inc.; Blake Jones, Zachary M. Crosner of Crosner Legal P.C.; Katherine J. Odenbreit of Mahoney Law Group APC |
| Case: | Johnson, et al. v. Absolute Security International, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William John Weilbacher, Brian R. Weilbacher, Lisa D. Walker of Weilbacher & Weilbacher A.P.C.; Allen R. Ball, Joseph R. Jones of Law Office of Ball & Yorke |
| Case: | Plautz, et al. v. Western Wireline Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sam Kim, Yoonis Han of Verum Law Group APC |
| Case: | Aguas, et al. v. Mamco Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Mark A. Ozzello, Brandon Brouillette, Joseph Hakakian, Eduardo Santos of Capstone Law APC; Leslie Glyer of Leslie Glyer Law PC |
| Case: | Maloof, et al v. Wireless World LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Yeremian, Jason Rothman of David Yeremian & Associates Inc.; Walter Haines of United Employees Law Group PC |
| Case: | Naticchioni v. Urban Park Concessionaires |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 27 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Daniel J. Park, Arsine Grigoryan of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Arciniega v. Ony Glo Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $975,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Srourian of Srourian Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Medlock v. Manlin I, LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kashif Haque, Samuel A. Wong, Jessica L. Campbell, Simon Kwak, Fawn Bekam of Aegis Law Firm PC; Joseph Lavi, Susan R. Huerta of Lavi & Ebrahimian LLP |
| Case: | Musso v. Randstad Inhouse Services LLC |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin F. Marquez, Bobby Saadian, Nicol E. Hajjar, Thiago M. Coelho of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Zhang v. Richemont North America, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Danielle L. Grupp Chang of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Hearron v. Thredup Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Hyun of Law Office of Daniel J. Hyun; Jose Garay of Jose Garay, APLC |
| Case: | Martinez v. L.A.R.K. Industries, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP |
| Case: | Batin, et al. v. McGee Air Services |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric B. Kingsley, Kelsey M. Szamet, Liane Katzenstein Ly, Ari J. Stiller, David A. Penner of Kingsley & Kingsley APC; Emil Davtyan of Davtyan Law Firm Inc. |
| Case: | Martinez v. Ronpak Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin F. Marquez, Nicol E. Hajjar, Benjamin H. Haber, Rachel J. Vinson of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Adams Iron Co., Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 33 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicol E. Hajjar of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Victim of Race Discrimination v. Employer |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $725,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth A. Goldman of Law Offices of Kenneth A. Goldman |
| Case: | Biedermann v. Producers Dairy Foods |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Mara, Jill Vecchi of Mara Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Gilmore v. Ralph Lauren Retail, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $680,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael D. Singer, Jeff Geraci of Cohelan Khoury & Singer; Sahag Majarian II of Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Santos, et al. v. National General Management Corp. |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $630,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin F. Marquez, Bobby Saadian, Nicol E. Hajjar, Rachel J. Vinson of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Starks v. Con‐Fab California Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kashif Haque, Ali Carlsen, Samuel A. Wong, Jessica L. Campbell, Fawn F. Bekam, Giovanni Chavez of Aegis Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Parker v. Veolia Energy N.A. LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes |
| Case: | Barajaf v. ESL Power Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachary M. Crosner, Michael R. Crosner, Blake Jones, Rex Phillips of Crosner Legal P.C.; Shafiel Karim of Law Office of Shafiel A. Karim; Shawn Westrick of Westrick Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Scott v. Bedabox, LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $525,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Mahoney, George B. Singer of Mahoney Law Group A.P.C. |
| Case: | Doan v. Updike Distribution Logistics, LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Xinying Valerian of Valerian Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Constructive Discharge, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Failure to Accommodate |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua S. Falakassa of Falakassa Law P.C.; Arash S. Khosrowshahi of Liberty Man Law |
| Case: | Wilson v. TCG Oakland LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kashif Haque, Samuel A. Wong, Jessica L. Campbell, Samantha A. Smith of Aegis Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Beltran v. Crown Technical Systems |
| Type: | Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Stephanie S. Ponek, Margaux V. Roussel, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC; Kenneth S. Gaines, Daniel F. Gaines, Alex P. Katofsky, Sepideh Ardestani of Gaines & Gaines APLC |
| Case: | Myers v. Nationwide Guard Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Esparza v. Floral Supply Syndicate LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $464,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Yeremian, Natalie Haritoonian of David Yeremian & Associates Inc.; Walter Haines of United Employees Law Group PC |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Flexsteel Industries Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Daniel J. Park of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Perez v. Freedom Medical Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $438,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Markham, Maggie Realin, Lisa Brevard of The Markham Law Firm; Walter L. Haines of United Employees Law Group PC |
| Case: | Valdez v. Pro Unlimited Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 46 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J.D. Henderson of Law Offices of J.D. Henderson; Ziad Elrawashdeh of Rawa Law Group A.P.C. |
| Case: | Guillen v. Framing by Superior |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 46 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William L. Marder of Polaris Law Group LLP; Dennis S. Hyun of Hyun Legal APC |
| Case: | King v. Dukes Trucking LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $325,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patricio T.D. Barrera of Barrera & Associates; Ashley A. Davenport of Davenport Law PC |
| Case: | Gutierrez v. U.S. Precision Sheet Metal Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mehrdad Bokhour of Bokhour Law Group, P.C.; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | San Juan v. San Marcos Growers |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kenneth H. Yoon, Stephanie E. Yasuda of Yoon Law APC; G. Samuel Cleaver of Law Offices of G. Samuel Cleaver |
| Case: | Lopez v. Ochoa Striping Service Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stanley S. Mallison, Hector R. Martinez, Liliana Garcia, Marco A. Palau, Joseph D. Sutton, Eric S. Trabucco of Mallison & Martinez |
| Case: | Ayala v. Cold Storage Manufacturing Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $275,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin E. Sullivan, Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group P.C. |
| Case: | Cornejo v. Weidner Property Management LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua Konecky, Leslie Joyner of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP |
| Case: | Zepeda v. Home Delivery Logistics |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael A. Strauss, Aris E. Karakalos of Strauss & Strauss APC |
| Case: | Barahona v. Rabobank N.A. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Unpaid Wages, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
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