Top 100 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2022
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| Visit: | Top 50 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2022 |
| 51 | |
| Amount: | $1,023,424.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas D. Thompson of The Moody Law Firm; Corey L. Stull of Atwood, Holsten, Brown, Deaver & Spier Law Firm P.C. L.L.O.; Adam W. Hansen, Eleanor E. Frisch, Colin R. Reeves of Apollo Law L.L.C. |
| Case: | Sanders v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Nebraska |
| 52 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter, Ashley E. Kim of McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP |
| Case: | Albano v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 52 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott P. Batey of Batey Law Firm PLLC |
| Case: | Lynn v. City of Lansing |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment |
| State: | Michigan |
| 52 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ian M. Bryson of Derek Smith Law Group PLLC |
| Case: | McCowan v. City of Philadelphia |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 53 | |
| Amount: | $930,529.00 |
| Attorneys: | Margaret S. Coleman, Alexander B. Wright of O’Brien, Coleman & Wright LLC; Tamra Van Hausen of Elzer Law Firm LLC |
| Case: | Kengerski v. County of Allegheny, PA |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 54 | |
| Amount: | $890,080.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carol L. Gillam, Sara Heum of The Gillam Law Firm |
| Case: | Watson v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 55 | |
| Amount: | $870,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory A. Rich of Dobson, Berns & Rich L.L.P. |
| Case: | Kelley v. State of Missouri, Dept. of Corrections |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | Missouri |
| 56 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Leila K. Al Faiz of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith |
| Case: | Garcia v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 57 | |
| Amount: | $847,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher J. DelGaizo, Scott Diamond of Derek Smith Law Group PLLC |
| Case: | Purnell v. Radnor Township School District |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 58 | |
| Amount: | $831,541.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tanesha W. Blye, R. Martin Saenz, Aron Smukler of Saenz & Anderson, PLLC |
| Case: | Khatabi v. Car Auto Holdings LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | Florida |
| 59 | |
| Amount: | $825,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Laura C. Mattiacci, Caren N. Gurmankin of Console Mattiacci Law |
| Case: | Hightower v. Ingerman Mgmt. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 60 | |
| Amount: | $821,835.00 |
| Attorneys: | Margaret S. Coleman of Law Office of Timothy P. O’Brien |
| Case: | Bowersox v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dep't of Corr., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 61 | |
| Amount: | $751,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Albert Van-Lare of Law Offices of Albert Van-Lare |
| Case: | Belvin, et al. v. Electchester Mgmt. LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New York |
| 62 | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clif Anderson, Austin W. Anderson, Lauren Braddy, Alan Clifton Gordon, Carter T. Hastings of Anderson Alexander PLLC; William S. Hommel Jr. of Hommel Law Firm |
| Case: | Oden v. Wellfirst Technologies Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 63 | |
| Amount: | $717,183.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert Mitchell of Robert Mitchell, Attorney at Law, PLLC; Thomas G. Jarrard of The Law Office of Thomas G. Jarrard PLLC; SaraEllen Hutchison of Law Office of SaraEllen Hutchison PLLC |
| Case: | Ward v. Shelby Cty. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Military Discrimination, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Tennessee |
| 64 | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas M. White, Amy S. Jorgensen of White & Jorgensen |
| Case: | Belcastro-Gonzalez v. City of Omaha, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Nebraska |
| 65 | |
| Amount: | $656,025.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sarah Howard Jenkins of Sarah Howard Jenkins PLLC; Austin Porter Jr. of Porter Law Firm |
| Case: | Warren v. Pulaski Cty. Special Sch. Dist., et al. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire |
| State: | Arkansas |
| 66 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey H. Simpson, Bruce A. Fredrickson of Webster & Fredrickson P.L.L.C.; Kel McClanahan of National Security Counselors |
| Case: | Chien v. Blinken |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 67 | |
| Amount: | $645,837.00 |
| Attorneys: | John D. Saxon, Karli B. Guyther, Donna S. Cude, Mac B. Greaves Jr. of John D. Saxon PC; Alicia K. Haynes of Haynes & Haynes PC; Cynthia F. Wilkinson of Wilkinson Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Stern v. Boosinger, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, First Amendment Violation, Wrongful Demotion |
| State: | Alabama |
| 68 | |
| Amount: | $622,498.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Butler, Daniel J. Treadaway of Mezibov Butler |
| Case: | McGonegle v. Select Comfort Retail Corp. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Ohio |
| 69 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Snyder, Carl Post, John Burgess of Law Offices of Daniel Snyder |
| Case: | Gargiulo v. D & R Masonry Restoration Inc. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire |
| State: | Oregon |
| 70 | |
| Amount: | $590,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allison A. Barker, Ari Karpf, Samantha Martin of Karpf, Karpf & Cerutti PC |
| Case: | Lloyd v. CHOP |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 71 | |
| Amount: | $583,012.49 |
| Attorneys: | Yashdeep Singh of Yash Law Group |
| Case: | Inga v. Assent Mortgage, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 72 | |
| Amount: | $581,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Freddy Perera, Bayardo E. Aleman, Brody M. Shulman, Alexandra C. Hayes of Perera Aleman |
| Case: | Martinez v. Center for Independent Living of South Florida Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 73 | |
| Amount: | $575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paige Fiedler, David Albrecht of Fiedler Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Boss v. City of Dubuque, IA, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Iowa |
| 74 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mary Elizabeth Miller, K. Winn Allen, Elizabeth Hedges, Neil Joseph, Caroline Darmody, Britney Lewis, T.J. McCarrick, Brandon D. Stone of Kirkland & Ellis LLP; James M. Loots of Law Offices of James M. Loots P.C. |
| Case: | Coulibaly v. Blinken |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 74 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Enrique Chavez Jr., Michael R. Anderson of Chavez Law Firm; John Lomax Anderson of Rincon Law Group PC |
| Case: | Ares v. Schneider Electric USA |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | Texas |
| 74 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Enrique Chavez Jr., Michael R. Anderson of Chavez Law Firm |
| Case: | Autry v. Ahern Rentals Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 75 | |
| Amount: | $450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony J. Bucher of Gatlin Voelker, PLLC |
| Case: | Berling v. Gravity Diagnostics, LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 76 | |
| Amount: | $439,920.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hoyt E. Hart II of Law Offices of Hoyt E. Hart II |
| Case: | Tichenor v. BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 77 | |
| Amount: | $435,915.00 |
| Attorneys: | Neil M. McIntire of Howell & Fisher PLLC |
| Case: | Rothberg v. Fridrich & Assocs. Ins. Agency Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Bad Faith |
| State: | Tennessee |
| 78 | |
| Amount: | $433,795.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerry E. Martin, David Garrison, Seth M. Hyatt of Barrett Johnston Martin & Garrison L.L.C.; Charles S. Siegel, Wm. Paul Lawrence, Caitlyn Silhan of Waters Kraus & Paul; Roberto L. Ramirez of The Ramirez Law Firm PLLC |
| Case: | Loy v. Rehab Synergies LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 79 | |
| Amount: | $428,084.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kate S. O’Scannlain, Elena Goldstein, Oscar L. Hampton III, John M. Strawn, Matthew R. Epstein, Sharon McKenna of U.S. Department of Labor |
| Case: | Walsh v. Picante Grille LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 80 | |
| Amount: | $424,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zein E. Obagi Jr., John L. Holcomb Jr. of Obagi Law Group PC |
| Case: | Aceves v. Rensana LLC |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 81 | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc A. Humphrey of Humphrey Law Firm PC |
| Case: | McCoy v. Thomas L. Cardella & Assocs. |
| Type: | Negligent Supervision, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Negligent Hiring, Workplace Harassment, Negligent Tort, Negligent Retention |
| State: | Iowa |
| 82 | |
| Amount: | $369,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Donald E. Uloth of Law Office of Donald E. Uloth |
| Case: | Dehnel v. Boxer Property Management Co. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Texas |
| 83 | |
| Amount: | $360,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry Golston Jr., Leon Hampton Jr. of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles; Samuel Fisher, Sidney Jackson of Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb LLC |
| Case: | U.S., et al. v. Birmingham Jefferson Cty. Transit Auth., et al. |
| Type: | Conspiracy, False Claims Act , Fraud, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Alabama |
| 84 | |
| Amount: | $352,420.00 |
| Attorneys: | Diane Sykes of Diane S. Sykes, Attorney at Law, PC |
| Case: | Andrade v. Ramsay Signs, Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Oregon |
| 85 | |
| Amount: | $350,316.75 |
| Attorneys: | Maureen Mulligan, Michael J. Stone, Steven E. DiCairano of Peabody & Arnold L.L.P. |
| Case: | Sugarman & Sugarman PC v. Shapiro, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Labor & Employment, Quantum Meruit |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 86 | |
| Amount: | $347,705.00 |
| Attorneys: | James J. Henson of Morgan & Morgan P.A. |
| Case: | Agramonte v. Cristal Palace Resort PB LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 87 | |
| Amount: | $327,360.00 |
| Attorneys: | Corey M. Kane of Lacy Kane & Kube PS |
| Case: | Sanchez v. Bethlehem Constr. Inc. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 88 | |
| Amount: | $312,774.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Scott Oswald, Austin Szabo of The Employment Law Group |
| Case: | Naftal v. Prince George’s County Memorial Library System |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Maryland |
| 89 | |
| Amount: | $303,524.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy Greenberg, Denise M. Clark of Clark Law Group PLLC |
| Case: | Harper v. Marcorp Ltd., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire, Military Discrimination |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 90 | |
| Amount: | $301,600.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kaveh S. Elihu, Rhett T. Francisco, Christopher J. DeClue of Employee Justice Legal Group PC |
| Case: | Argueta v. North Ranch Bodycraft & Glass Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 91 | |
| Amount: | $297,494.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher P. Lenzo of Lenzo & Reis LLC |
| Case: | Cutri v. Tec-Cat Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 92 | |
| Amount: | $293,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith D. Flynn, Andrea M. Frailey of Miller Cohen PLC |
| Case: | Motley v. Metro Man I |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | Michigan |
| 93 | |
| Amount: | $292,573.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Davenport of BC Davenport LLC |
| Case: | Pakonen v. Housing Alts. Dev. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Benefits |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 94 | |
| Amount: | $261,689.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron Baker, Serena Liss of Baker Law PC |
| Case: | Harris v. The Oregon Dept. of Human Servs. |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Oregon |
| 95 | |
| Amount: | $259,503.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles J. Sciarra, Matthew R. Curran of Sciarra & Catrambone, LLC |
| Case: | Saggio v. City of Clifton |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Economic Loss, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 96 | |
| Amount: | $255,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Clark v. Arthroscopic & Laser Surgery Center of San Diego, LP |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Economic Loss, Hostile Work Environment, Personal Injury, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 97 | |
| Amount: | $237,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert K. Meyer, Michael Owens of Meyer Stephenson |
| Case: | Schultz v. NW Permanente PC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Family & Medical Leave Act |
| State: | Oregon |
| 98 | |
| Amount: | $230,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | H. Clay Roberts of Roberts PA |
| Case: | Guyton v. Miami-Dade County |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Florida |
| 99 | |
| Amount: | $200,732.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kaveh S. Elihu, Rhett T. Francisco, Daniel J. Friedman of Employee Justice Legal Group |
| Case: | Parker v. Innovative Speech Therapy & Communication Services Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 100 | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric L. Siegel, Spencer D. O'Dwyer of Kalbian Hagerty LLP |
| Case: | Scott-McKinney v. Children's National Med. Cntr., et al. |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | District of Columbia |