Top 50 Labor & Employment Verdicts in California in 2023
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| 11 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Labor & Employment Verdicts in California in 2023 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $2,640,188.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher L. Ludmer of CL Ludmer ALC |
| Case: | Davina v. County of San Diego |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Employment Discrimination |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $2,597,781.00 |
| Attorneys: | David D. Cardone, Adam J. Yarbrough of Dunn Desantis Walt & Kendrick LLP; Steven I. Kastner of Law Offices of Steven I. Kastner |
| Case: | Glina v. Wilsey Asset Mgmt. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Meal & Rest Breaks, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Victim Retaliation |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $2,206,250.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas H. Hoang, Kelly C. Gales of K2 Employment Law APC |
| Case: | Murphy v. Curtis Sand & Gravel, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Hostile Work Environment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Bernard Alexander III, Jacqueline Gil of Alexander Morrison & Fehr LLP; Bryan Schwartz, Renato Flores of Bryan Schwartz Law |
| Case: | McHaar v. FedEx Ground Package Sys. Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $1,575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Josh D. Gruenberg, Joshua P. Pang, Pamela Vallero of Gruenberg Law |
| Case: | Maas v. McKinnon Broadcasting Co. KUSI-TV 51 |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana Wang Wells of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith; Beth D. Corriea of Think Legal360 PC |
| Case: | Randolph v. Cnty. of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Abuse of Power, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,340,752.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy B. Sottile, Michael F. Baltaxe, Nicole C. Burgos Romero, Robert J. Golde, Charles Casado of Sottile Baltaxe |
| Case: | Holmes v. Midnight Mission |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion, Employment Discrimination |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,235,413.89 |
| Attorneys: | Jeremy Levy of Levy Labor Law |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Lazer Broadcasting Corp. |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,180,322.20 |
| Attorneys: | John L. Barber of Elite Trial Group; Raymond Babaian, Kelcey Hoffman of Valiant Law |
| Case: | Michael Kopp v. Amazon.com Services |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Bullying, Employment Discrimination |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $622,265.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen Demik of Law Office of Stephen Demik; Robert G. Loewy of Law Office of Robert G. Loewy PC |
| Case: | Trellis Research Inc. v. Thaler |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $603,609.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrance A. Bohm, Kelsey K. Ciarimboli, Kyle A. Pruner of Bohm Law Group Inc.; Brandon Ortiz of Ortiz Law Office, Inc. |
| Case: | Jang v. Cnty. of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric A. Panitz of Panitz Law Group APC; J. Bernard Alexander of Alexander Morrison & Fehr LLP |
| Case: | Gallegos v. University of La Verne |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven H. Haney, Kenneth W. Baisch of Haney & Shah LLP |
| Case: | Cash v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $418,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Max Lee of The Simon Law Group, LLP; Jennifer L. Ghozland of Ghozland Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Elkins v. Automatic Data Processing Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $347,788.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kaveh S. Elihu, Samuel J. Moorhead of Employee Justice Legal Group PC |
| Case: | Astudillo v. Prats Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $303,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy J. Donahue of Law Offices of Timothy J. Donahue |
| Case: | Belman v. Garcia, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Workplace Sexual Harassment |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carol Gillam of The Gillam Law Firm; Lincoln Ellis of Law Offices of Lincoln W. Ellis |
| Case: | De la Cruz, et al. v. Jack Nadal Intl. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination |
| 37 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Douglas D. Shaffer, Kim L. Anglin of Dordick Law Corporation; Ebby S. Bakhtiar of Livingston Bakhtiar |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Massive Prints Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $251,966.40 |
| Attorneys: | Arlo Uriarte, Elizabeth Lyons of Liberation Law Group, P.C. |
| Case: | Martinez v. Rancho Gordo |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Mark Lim of Shegerian & Associates APC; Christa L. Riggins of Riggins Law PC |
| Case: | Devis v. City of Pasadena |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination, Protected Leave Retaliation |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $182,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Babak Bob Semnar of Semnar & Hartman, LLP; Laurel Holmes of Payton Employment Law, PC |
| Case: | Cirillo v. All City Management Servs., Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $175,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Kristensen, Justice D. Turner of Carpenter & Zuckerman |
| Case: | Lee v. Rockstar Staffing LLC |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $145,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven Sabel of Astuno Sabel, APC |
| Case: | McLaughlin v. Holland LP |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Tortious Interference, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph M. Lovretovich, Nicholas W. Sarris, Ruth Gewing of JML Law APLC |
| Case: | Xavier v. The Regents of the University of California |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination |
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| Note: | Verdicts below $100,000 have not been included to the list. |