Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2022
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| 11 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2022 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mehrdad Bokhour of Bokhour Law Group PC; Edwin Aiwazian of Lawyers for Justice PC; Paul K. Haines of Haines Law Group APC; Kevin T. Barnes of Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes |
| Case: | Juarez, et al. v. Schenker Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $3,800,000.00 |
| 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, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $3,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel A. Wong, Kashif Haque, Jessica L. Campbell, Chelsea D. Hollins of Aegis Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Dotan v. Rentokil N. Am. Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $3,274,558.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel A. Wong, Kashif Haque, Jessica L. Campbell, Kristy R. Connolly of Aegis Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Garcia v. Pinnacle Medical Group Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Courtney C. McNicholas, Nicholas S. Alexandroff, Douglas D. Winter, Abel Nair of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Carpenter, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Mikael H. Stahle, Irina Kirnosova of Matern Law Group PC; Larry W. Lee, Max W. Gavron of Diversity Law Group PC |
| Case: | Meza, et al. v. Bon Appetit Management Co., et al. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $2,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George S. Azadian, Ani Azadian of Azadian Law Group P.C.; David G. Spivak, Carl J. Kaplan of The Spivak Law Firm; Walter Haines of United Employees Law Group |
| Case: | Kim, et al. v. LeafFilter North LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Palay, Brian D. Hefelfinger of Palay Hefelfinger APC; Michael A. Strauss, Andrew C. Ellison of Strauss & Strauss APC |
| Case: | Newell, et al. v. Ensign U.S. Drilling Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $2,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan I. Schimmel, Arya Rhodes of Schimmel & Parks APLC |
| Case: | Lane v. Costco Wholesale Corp. |
| Type: | Workplace Safety, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Negligent Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $2,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh of Lawyers for Justice PC; Jonathan A. Weinman, Zack Broslavsky of Broslavsky & Weinman LLP; Dennis S. Hyun of Hyun Legal APC |
| Case: | Salas, et al. v. J & S Restaurants, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $2,264,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Palay, Brian D. Hefelfinger of Palay Hefelfinger APC; Carlos R. Perez of Law Office of Carlos R. Perez APLC; Jeremiah Frei-Pearson of Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber LLP; Mark Potashnick of Weinhaus & Potashnick |
| Case: | Valdivia, et al. v. Parts Authority LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Heather Davis, Amir Nayebdadash of Protection Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Wallace v. Alvarado Rest. Group LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shaun Setareh, Thomas Segal, Farrah B. Grant of Setareh Law Group |
| Case: | Hubbard, et al. v. Henkel Corp. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Labor & Employment, FCRA Violation, Employment Discrimination |
| 32 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mehrdad Bokhour of Bokhour Law Group, PC; Michael Nourmand of The Nourmand Law Firm, APC |
| Case: | Sandoval, et al. v. CitiStaff Solutions, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $2,164,308.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Haig Hogdanian of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Ngo, et al. v. Medlmpact Healthcare Systems Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $2,112,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Bevin Allen Pike, Orlando Villalba, Trisha K. Monesi of Capstone Law APC; Laura L. Ho, Byron R. Goldstein of Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho |
| Case: | Arellano, et al. v. R&B Sales and MKTG. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael D. Singer, Jeff Geraci of Cohelan Khoury & Singer; Jonathan M. Lebe, Zachary Gershman of Lebe Law APLC |
| Case: | Kebeda, et al. v. Wrike Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ashkan Shakouri, Sharon W. Lin of Shakouri Law Firm |
| Case: | George v. Total Professional Network Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shannon Liss-Riordan, Anne Kramer of Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC |
| Case: | Contreras, et al. v. Zum Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David D. Bibiyan, Vedang J. Patel of Bibiyan Law Group, P.C.; Justin F. Marquez, Bobby Saadian of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Cruz, et al. v. Greystar Management Services, LP |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicol Hajjar of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Maintenance Worker v. Property Management Co. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Family & Medical Leave Act |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $1,859,554.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Margaux V. Roussel of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Peloton Interactive Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicol Hajjar of Wilshire Law Firm |
| Case: | Disabled Employee v. Employer |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry W. Lee, Max W. Gavron, Kristen M. Agnew of Diversity Law Group PC; William L. Marder of Polaris Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Bautista v. Western Refining Retail LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin F. Marquez, Christina M. Le, Arsine Grigoryan of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Murillo v. San Bernardino Medical Orthopedic Group, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis F. Moss, Ari E. Moss, Jeremy F. Bollinger, Kiara Bramasco of Moss Bollinger LLP; William L. Marder of Polaris Law Group LLP; Dennis S. Hyun of Hyun Legal APC; Edward W. Choi of Law Offices of Choi & Associates APLC |
| Case: | Aguilar, et al. v. USA Waste of California Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Arsine Grigoryan, Haig Hogdanian of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Salinas v. Change Healthcare Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jean-Claude Lapuyade, Eduardo Garcia of JCL Law Firm APC; Shani O. Zakay, Jackland K. Hom of Zakay Law Group APLC |
| Case: | Lopez v. Adidas America Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aparajit Bhowmik, Ricardo Ramon Ehmann, Norman B. Blumenthal, Jackland K. Hom, Jeffrey Scott Herman of Blumenthal Nordrehaug & Bhowmik |
| Case: | Singletary, et al. v. G6 Hospitality LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Class Action, Labor & Employment, FCRA Violation, Employment Discrimination |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua Falakassa of Falakassa Law, P.C.; Arash Khosrowshahi of Liberty Man Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Doty, et al. v. Underground Construction Co., Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul K. Haines, Fletcher W. Schmidt, Alexandra R. McIntosh of Haines Law Group APC |
| Case: | Montalvo v. Warehouse Services No. 4 LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Kent of Law Offices of Michael J. Kent, APC; Patrick McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP |
| Case: | Murphy v. City of Glendale |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $1,376,308.04 |
| Attorneys: | Justin F. Marquez, Benjamin H. Haber, Daniel J. Kramer of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Colter v. Propulsion Controls Engineering |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $1,375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Abel Nair of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Simpson v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $1,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott M. Lidman, Elizabeth Nguyen, Milan Moore of Lidman Law APC; Paul K. Haines of Haines Law Group APC |
| Case: | Santos v. Torres Farm Labor Contractor Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew McNicholas, Abel Nair of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Nix v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Government Negligence, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment, Negligent Tort |
| 44 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel F. Gaines, Alex P. Katofsky, Evan S. Gaines of Gaines & Gaines APLC |
| Case: | Smith v. Davaco LP |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $1,275,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel A. Wong, Kashif Haque, Jessica L. Campbell, Fawn F. Bekam of Aegis Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Diaz, et al. v. BGIS Global Integrated Solutions US LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 46 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mehrdad Bokhour of Bokhour Law Group, PC; Jonathan Melmed of Melmed Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Martinez v. East Coast / West Coast Logistic LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 46 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ted Mechtenberg, Matthew Da Vega of Da Vega Fisher Mechtenberg LLP; Michael A. Strauss of Strauss & Strauss APC |
| Case: | Monte, et al. v. Image Distribution Services, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP |
| Case: | O’Donnell v. lululemon USA Inc. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul K. Haines, Fletcher W. Schmidt, Matthew K. Moen of Haines Law Group APC; Shani O. Zakay, Jackland K. Hom of Zakay Law Group APLC; Jean-Claude Lapuyade, Eduardo Garcia of JCL Law Firm APC |
| Case: | Cuellar, et al. v. Aveanna Healthcare AS LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 47 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Bevin Allen Pike, Daniel Jonathan, Trisha K. Monesi of Capstone Law APC |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Good Samaritan Hospital |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,180,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry W. Lee, Max W. Gavron of Diversity Law Group PC; William L. Marder of Polaris Law Group LLP; David J. Lee of David Lee Law APC |
| Case: | Pevey v. Lumber City Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,150,659.68 |
| Attorneys: | Justin F. Marquez, Bobby Saadian, Nicol E. Hajjar, Rahcel J. Vinson of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Hernandez, et al. v. Nicker Management I, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kane Moon, H. Scott Leviant, Lilit Tunyan of Moon & Yang APC |
| Case: | Cardenas v. Global Building Services Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond P. Boucher, Shehnaz M. Bhujwala, Alexander Gamez of Boucher LLP; Sahag Majarian II of Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Reiter Brothers. Inc. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 50 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Robert J. Drexler Jr., Molly A. DeSario, Jonathan Lee of Capstone Law APC |
| Case: | Limon v. Crestline Hotels & Resorts LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
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