Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2023
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| 11 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2023 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $2,350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David S. Winston of Winston Law Group, P.C.; Justin F. Marquez of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Acevedo, et al. v. Deanco Healthcare, LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan Harris, David Garrett, Min Ji Gal of Harris & Ruble |
| Case: | Divinity, et al. v. Pacific 2.1 Entm't Grp. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Bevin Allen Pike, Daniel Jonathan, Trisha K. Monesi of Capstone Law APC |
| Case: | Scott, et al. v. Goodwill Indus. of Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 22 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicol E. Hajjar of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $2,053,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Hyun of Law Office of Daniel J. Hyun; Jose R. Garay of Jose Garay, APLC; Galen T. Shimoda, Justin P. Rodriguez, Renald Konini of Shimoda & Rodriguez Law, PC |
| Case: | Sanchez, et al. v. Pacific Coast Producers |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $2,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles T. "Ted" Mathews of Mathews Law Group; Lincoln W. Ellis of Law Office of Lincoln W. Ellis |
| Case: | Creswell v. City of Montebello |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Xinying Valerian, Dan Gildor of Valerian Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Pham v. Wood Tech, Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Heather Davis, Amir Nayebdadash, Priscilla Gamino of Protection Law Group LLP |
| Case: | Lopez v. Bio-Reference Health LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mehrdad Bokhour of Bokhour Law Group, P.C.; Joshua S. Falakassa of Falakassa Law, PC |
| Case: | Chilton v. Pacific Eye Institute, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brent Marlis, Garen Nadir of The Work Justice Firm |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination |
| 26 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brent Marlis, Garen Nadir of The Work Justice Firm |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Employment Discrimination |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul K. Haines, Fletcher W. Schmidt, Alexandra R. McIntosh of Haines Law Group APC; Joseph Tojarieh of Tojarieh Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Basich-Mustafa v. Designer Fragrances & Cosmetics Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,644,503.98 |
| Attorneys: | Carol Gillam, Sara Heum of The Gillam Law Firm |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin F. Marquez, Benjamin H. Haber, Arrash T. Fattahi of Wilshire Law Firm PLC; Zachary M. Crosner, Jamie Serb, Chad Saunders of Crosner Legal, PC |
| Case: | Armenta, et al. v. Blue Beacon Intl. Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kristi D. Rothschild, Julian Alwill of Rothschild & Alwill APC |
| Case: | Norris, et al. v. Gulf Offshore Logistics LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $1,475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Julian Hammond, Polina Brandler, Ari Cherniak of HammondLaw PC; William C. Jhaveri-Weeks, Sarah Abraham, Ally N. Girouard of The Jhaveri-Weeks Firm PC |
| Case: | Harris v. Southern New Hampshire Univ. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel A. Wong, Kashif Haque, Jessica L. Campbell of Aegis Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Theadore v. Blommer Chocolate Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $1,272,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alexander S. Rusnak, Jennifer L. Rusnak of Rusnak Law Office; Tomas E. Margain, Huy Tran of Justice at Work Law Group |
| Case: | Vallarta, et al. v. Consolidated Cable California Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, PAGA Claim |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel A. Wong, Kashif Haque, Jessica L. Campbell, Kristy R. Connolly of Aegis Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Lucero v. Complex Legal Servs. Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randy Renick, Cornelia Dai of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP; William C. Saacke of The Saacke Law Group |
| Case: | Homeres, et al. v. Emcor Facilities Servs., Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $1,218,476.00 |
| Attorneys: | Todd M. Friedman, Adrian R. Bacon, Meghan E. George, Thomas E. Wheeler of Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman PC; Larry W. Lee, Max W. Gavron of Diversity Law Group PC; B. James Fitzpatrick, Laura L. Franklin of Fitzpatrick & Swanston; Lawrence W. Freiman of Freiman Legal |
| Case: | Lopez, et al. v. Motel 6 Operating LP, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marshall Lurtz of Lurtz Legal PC |
| Case: | Martin v. Merit Framing Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Halina E. Szymanski of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | McCrea v. Rockridge Market Hall LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Yasmin Hosseini of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Cortez v. Barksdale Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Annabel Blanchard of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Salcedo v. Majco LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $1,145,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry W. Lee, Max W. Gavron, Kwanporn 'Mai' Tulyathan of Diversity Law Group PC; B. James Fitzpatrick, Laura L. Franklin of Fitzpatrick & Swanston |
| Case: | Serafica v. HGST Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $1,129,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Talia Lux of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Moreno v. TC Transcon. U.S.A. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Bevin Allen Pike, Daniel Jonathan, Trisha K. Monesi of Capstone Law APC; James R. Hawkins, Christina M. Lucio of James Hawkins APLC |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Euromarket Designs Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 39 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin F. Marquez, Benjamin H. Haber, Arrash T. Fattahi of Wilshire Law Firm PLC |
| Case: | Jaimes, et al. v. Infiniti Health LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $1,073,025.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP |
| Case: | Astudillo, et al. v. Torrance Health Ass'n Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, FCRA Violation, PAGA Claim |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $1,010,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roman Shkodnik, David Yeremian of David Yeremian & Associates Inc.; Walter Haines of United Employees Law Group PC |
| Case: | Benavidez v. Hawaiian Gardens Casino |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edwin Aiwazian, Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Brian J. St. John of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Arriola, et al. v. Multi Mechanical Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $975,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Larry W. Lee, Max W. Gavron, Kwanporn 'Mai' Tulyathan of Diversity Law Group PC; Kelsey A. Webber, Shaelyn A. Stewart of Webber Law Group |
| Case: | Ramsey v. Packaging Corp. of Am., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jenna Rangel, Alreen Haeggquist of Haeggquist & Eck, LLP |
| Case: | Horton v. Orange County Fire Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik, Victoria B. Rivapalacio, Andrew G. Ronan of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP |
| Case: | Marquez, et al. v. Accurate Delivery Sys. Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Haig Hogdanian, Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, John M. Bickford of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Mendoza, et al. v. Olde Thompson LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 45 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew B. Hayes, Kye D. Pawlenko of Hayes Pawlenko LLP |
| Case: | Erguera v. CMG CIT Acquisition LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $865,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna Y. Park, Nakkisa Akhavan, Taylor Markey, Derek Li, Natalie Nardecchia, Sophie Tarazi of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Orange Treeidence Opco LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $862,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jenna Rangel, Alreen Haeggquist of Haeggquist & Eck, LLP |
| Case: | Miller v. City of San Rafael |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $801,427.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, John M. Bickford of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Jones v. Amada Weld Tech Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott M. Lidman, Elizabeth Nguyen, Milan Moore of Lidman Law APC; Paul K. Haines of Haines Law Group APC |
| Case: | Celaya v. GLP Servs. LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Janelle Carney of Janelle Carney, Attorney at Law APC; Manny M. Starr, Adam M. Rose of Frontier Law Center |
| Case: | Massey v. Mann & Hummel Water & Fluid Solutions Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Schwin, Mythily Sivarajah, Shahla Khan of Peck-Law, Employment & Civil Rights |
| Case: | Martin v. Golden Doaba Ent., LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Unpaid Benefits, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $770,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas Han, Shunt Tatavos-Gharajeh, Lizette Rodriguez of Justice Law Corporation |
| Case: | Fox, et al. v. Cares Cmty. Health |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, PAGA Claim |
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