Top 50 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2022
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| Visit: | Top 20 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2022 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $3,892,490.00 |
| Attorneys: | Josh D. Gruenberg, Pamela Vallero of Gruenberg Law; John Morris of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP; Jon R. Williams of Williams Iagmin LLP |
| Case: | Dell’Anno v. City of San Diego |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion |
| State: | California |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $3,848,213.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kelly K. Brandon, David Albrecht, Kathryn Leidahl of Fiedler Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Shaner v. HDR Engineering Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Nebraska |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $3,734,214.00 |
| Attorneys: | Enrique Chavez Jr., Michael R. Anderson of Chavez Law Firm; John Lomax Anderson of Rincon Law Group PC |
| Case: | Marquez v. TE Connectivity Corp. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | Texas |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Angel J. Horacek of Law Offices of Angel J. Horacek, PC; Barbara DuVan-Clarke of Blackstone PC |
| Case: | Young v. Dept. of Public Social Servs. |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Family & Medical Leave Act |
| State: | California |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $3,324,262.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wendy Musell, Brittany Wightman of Law Offices of Wendy Musell; Jean K. Hyams of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP; Joseph Y. Avrahamy of Law Offices of Joseph Y. Avrahamy; Michael O’Beirne of Law Offices of Michael O’Beirne |
| Case: | Bronshteyn v. State of California |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $3,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert W. Schmidt, Joe K. Crews of Crews Law Firm PC; Robert Notzon of The Law Office of Robert Notzon |
| Case: | Nikolova v. University of Texas at Austin |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Texas |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $2,946,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Colleen E. Ramage, Nikki Velisaris Lykos of Ramage Lykos LLC |
| Case: | Castagna v. West Mifflin Area School District |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Vicki Kuftic Horne, Nicole Daller, Samantha Kovalyak, Lindsay Offutt of Horne Daller LLC |
| Case: | Devore v. Metro Aviation Inc. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $2,491,376.00 |
| Attorneys: | David B. Farkas, John S. Gibson, Justin Ilhwan Park of DLA Piper LLP |
| Case: | CJ Freshway America Corp. v. The N9 Int’l Trading Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment, Tortious Interference, Conversion, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Interference, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $2,106,949.00 |
| Attorneys: | Martin I. Aarons, Shannon H.P. Ward of The Aarons Law Firm |
| Case: | Bidye v. UMA Enterprises Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $2,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark T. Quigley, Aaron L. Osten of Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP |
| Case: | Ryan v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | False Claims Act , Government Negligence, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| State: | California |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $2,070,123.00 |
| Attorneys: | Susan B. Mindenbergs of Law Office of Susan B. Mindenbergs; Vonda Sargent of The Law Offices of Vonda M. Sargent |
| Case: | Verduzco v. King County |
| Type: | Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion |
| State: | Washington |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $2,041,118.00 |
| Attorneys: | John R. Connelly Jr., Meaghan M. Driscoll, Hollie Connelly of Connelly Law Offices PLLC |
| Case: | Vanscoy v. Pierce County |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kelly S. Wiley of The Wiley Firm; Jeffrey A. Lawson of Jeffrey A. Lawson, Attorney at Law |
| Case: | Williams v. Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Servs. |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $1,854,278.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dennis E. Egan, Cooper S. Mach of The Popham Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Johnson v. City of Kansas City, MO. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Missouri |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $1,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Josh D. Gruenberg, Benjamin S. Silver, Jesse Collmann, Pamela Vallero, Joshua P. Pang of Gruenberg Law |
| Case: | Martinez v. Costco Wholesale Corp. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | California |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory w. Kirschenbaum, Jesse S. Weinstein of Phillips & Associates, PLLC |
| Case: | Pardovani v. Crown Building Maintenance Co., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | New York |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sara B. Richey of The Richey Law Firm; Clayton D. Craighead of The Craighead Law Firm PLLC |
| Case: | Harmon v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| State: | Texas |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $1,744,140.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tristan G. Pelayes, Tom Yu of Law Offices of Pelayes & Yu APC; Joseph Bolander of Law Offices of Joseph N. Bolander |
| Case: | Flowers v. Compton Unified Sch. Dis. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $1,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kimberly L. Williams of Williams, Meservy & Larsen LLP |
| Case: | Colo v. NS Support LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| State: | Idaho |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $1,546,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael F. Sisson of Law Office of Michael F. Sisson; Douglas G. Benedon of Benedon & Serlin LLP; Christopher Brizzolara of Christopher Brizzolara, Attorney At Law |
| Case: | Sharlein v. City of Los Angeles, CA |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carol Gillam, Sara Heum of The Gillam Law Firm |
| Case: | Erhart v. BofI Holding Inc. |
| Type: | Defamation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | California |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tanner Franklin, Sean Hightower of Hightower, Franklin, & James, PLLC; Benjamin Newman of Ben Newman Attorney at Law, PLLC |
| Case: | Mahan, et al. v. Department of Public Safety |
| Type: | Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| State: | Texas |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $1,473,519.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chris Kleppin, Chelsea Lewis of The Kleppin Law Firm |
| Case: | Thomas v. Medivance Billing Service Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Fraud, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Florida |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $1,455,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chris Kleppin, Chelsea Lewis of The Kleppin Firm, P.A. |
| Case: | Pietanza v. Advance Auto Parts, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Fraud, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| State: | Florida |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $1,325,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sumeer Singla, Tyler J. Hermsen, Sean D. Leake of Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC |
| Case: | Hockett v. City of Seattle |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Negligent Tort |
| State: | Washington |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $1,321,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian D. Spitz, Patricia A. Brandt of Spitz, The Employee's Law Firm |
| Case: | Spring v. Alpha Tool & Mold Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Ohio |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $1,237,854.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bijan Darvish of Law Office of Bijan Darvish, APC; Jason Erlich of Erlich Law Firm |
| Case: | Mendoza v. County of Orange |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Carreon v. U.S. Foodservice, Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Personal Injury, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,167,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jim D. Waide III, Rachel Pierce Waide of Waide & Associates PA; R. Shane McLaughlin of McLaughlin Law Firm |
| Case: | Woods v. MHM Health Professionals LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Tortious Interference, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, First Amendment Violation |
| State: | Mississippi |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,054,221.00 |
| Attorneys: | Susan E. Hutchison, J. Robert Hudson of Hutchison & Stoy P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Mott v. Tesmec USA Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Texas |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Bryan Kirsh of Shegerian & Associates |
| Case: | Bravo v. Huy Fong Foods, Inc. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress |
| State: | California |
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