Top 100 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2023

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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 100 labor & employment verdicts obtained in the United States in the year 2023. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of the United States.

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51
Amount:$2,404,000.00
Attorneys:Richard H. Wooster, Devin K. Epp of Kram & Wooster PS
Case:Snell v. DSHS, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion, Employment Discrimination
State:Washington
52
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, FEHA Retaliation
State:California
53
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, FEHA Retaliation
State:California
54
Amount:$1,950,994.00
Attorneys:David A. Lunceford, Victoria M. Arends of Lunceford Law Firm LLC; Eric S. Playter of Playter Trial Lawyers
Case:Rhodes v. Missouri Highways & Transp. Comm'n
Type:Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Missouri
55
Amount:$1,735,000.00
Attorneys:Innessa Melamed Huot, Camilo M. Burr of Faruqi & Faruqi LLP; Joshua Beldner of Tilton Beldner LLP
Case:Ruderman v. Law Office of Yuriy Prakhin PC, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination
State:New York
56
Amount:$1,726,671.00
Attorneys:Diane S. Sykes of Diane S. Sykes, Attorney at Law PC; Beth Creighton of Creighton & Rose PC
Case:Johnson v. Oregon Bureau of Labor & Indus.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination
State:Oregon
57
Amount:$1,610,003.00
Attorneys:William R. Stoltz of Law Offices of Rosemarie Arnold
Case:Reuter v. Berkeley Township, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Government Negligence, Hostile Work Environment, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Negligent Hiring, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Negligent Training, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Negligent Tort, Employment Discrimination
State:New Jersey
58
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, FEHA Retaliation
State:California
59
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
State:California
60
Amount:$1,481,000.00
Attorneys:Ruth I. Major of The Law Offices of Ruth I. Major PC
Case:Browar v. Midwestern Univ., et al.
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Defamation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination
State:Illinois
61
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
State:California
62
Amount:$1,326,504.00
Attorneys:Kevin E. Barber, Jessica L. Mariconda of Niedweske Barber
Case:D'Antonio v. Newark Public Schools
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Hire, Employment Discrimination
State:New Jersey
63
Amount:$1,264,286.00
Attorneys:Melinda Koster, Alexandra Harwin, David Sanford, Jeremy Heisler, Kate MacMullin, Michael Lockman of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP
Case:Robinson v. De Niro, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination
State:New York
64
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, FEHA Retaliation
State:California
65
Amount:$1,207,500.00
Attorneys:Jonathan R. Marko, Caitlin E. Malhiot of Marko Law PLLC
Case:Misane v. City of Bangor, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment
State:Michigan
66
Amount:$1,200,000.00
Attorneys:Lindsay Halm, Julie Kline, Elizabeth A. Hanley, Ashley N. Gomez of Schroeter Goldmark & Bender
Case:Hopple v. Sound Transit
Type:Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Washington
67
Amount:$1,120,000.00
Attorneys:Kimberly Edelstein of Kimberly Edelstein, Esq.
Case:Edelstein v. Stephens
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, First Amendment Violation
State:Ohio
68
Amount:$1,005,968.00
Attorneys:David J. Berardinelli of DeForest, Koscelnik, Yokitis & Berardinelli
Case:Shevchick v. Allegheny Health Network
Type:Age Discrimination, Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Tortious Interference, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination
State:Pennsylvania
69
Amount:$1,000,000.00
Attorneys:Julie Uebler of Uebler Law LLC
Case:Veikos v. UPenn
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Tenure Denial
State:Pennsylvania
70
Amount:$875,000.00
Attorneys:Julian L. McPhillips Jr., K. David Sawyer of McPhillips Shinbaum LLP
Case:Hardy, et al. v. City of Selma
Type:Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Due Process Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Alabama
71
Amount:$847,000.00
Attorneys:Christopher J. DelGaizo, Scott Diamond of Derek Smith Law Group
Case:Purnell v. Radnor Township School District
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Pennsylvania
72
Amount:$811,264.00
Attorneys:Heather Newsom Leonard of Heather Leonard PC; Leslie Ann Palmer of Palmer Law LLC
Case:Key v. Dynamic Security Inc.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire, Employment Discrimination
State:Alabama
73 (tie)
Amount:$750,000.00
Attorneys:James P. Baker of Baker, Baker & Krajewski LLC
Case:Timm v. Sangamon Cnty.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination
State:Illinois
73 (tie)
Amount:$750,000.00
Attorneys:Gary L. Bledsoe of The Bledsoe Law Firm PLLC
Case:Greene v. City of Austin
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination
State:Texas
74
Amount:$676,000.00
Attorneys:Jeffrey Risman of Risman & Risman PC; Joshua Parkhurst of Law Offices of Joshua Parkhurst
Case:Jones v. Mayflower Int'l Hotel Grp. Inc., et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination
State:New York
75
Amount:$639,324.00
Attorneys:Rob J. Crichton, Holly E. Lynch of Keller Rohrback LLP
Case:Teleion LLC v. My3Twelve LLC, et al.
Type:Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Tortious Interference, Unfair Competition, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
State:Washington
76
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
State:California
77
Amount:$605,205.00
Attorneys:Stuart Chanen, Ariel Olstein of Chanen & Olstein
Case:McAvoy v. G/O Media Inc., et al.
Type:Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Bonuses
State:Illinois
78
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
State:California
79
Amount:$600,622.00
Attorneys:Martin Dolan, Megan Dolan, S. Caitlin Dolan of Dolan Law Group PC
Case:Kuo v. Oregon State Univ.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion
State:Oregon
80 (tie)
Amount:$600,000.00
Attorneys:Scott Morro of Morro Law Center LLC
Case:Jones v. City of Birmingham
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Alabama
80 (tie)
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, Family & Medical Leave Act, Employment Discrimination
State:California
80 (tie)
Amount:$600,000.00
Attorneys:Rachael A. Katz, Jeffrey R. Kulwin of Kulwin, Masciopinto & Kulwin LLP
Case:Schmalz v. Krochmal, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Defamation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, First Amendment Violation, Slander, Failure to Promote
State:Illinois
80 (tie)
Amount:$600,000.00
Attorneys:Michael A. Williams of Williams Dirks Dameron L.L.C.; Chris R. Playter, Eric S. Playter of Playter & Playter LLC
Case:Holmes v. MDOC
Type:Hostile Work Environment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Missouri
80 (tie)
Amount:$600,000.00
Attorneys:Michael Cobbs, Kimberly Campbell of Brown Hutchinson LLP
Case:Wall v. Charter Commc'ns Inc.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination
State:New York
80 (tie)
Amount:$600,000.00
Attorneys:Frederick M. Gittes, Jeffery P. Vardaro of The Gittes Law Group
Case:Kessling v. Ohio State Univ., et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, First Amendment Violation
State:Ohio
80 (tie)
Amount:$600,000.00
Attorneys:Daniel F. Johnson, Roger M. Townsend of Breskin Johnson & Townsend PLLC; Luis L. Lozada, Fernandez Nunez, Leticia Saucedo of Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Case:Pena, et al. v. Clark Cnty., Wash.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination
State:Washington
81
Amount:$575,000.00
Attorneys:Leonard Mungo of Mungo & Mungo at Law PLLC
Case:Howlett v. City of Warren, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination
State:Michigan
82
Amount:$552,000.00
Attorneys:W. Kirk Turner, Jacob S. Crawford, Alyssa Lankford of McAfee & Taft APC
Case:Cypress Envtl. Partners LP, et al. v. Seiboldt
Type:Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Tortious Interference, Unfair Competition, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
State:Oklahoma
83
Amount:$550,000.00
Attorneys:Sylvia Hernandez, Eric Vernon, Kevin Baldwin of Baldwin & Vernon, LLC
Case:Jarvis-Scott v. State of Missouri
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination
State:Missouri
84
Amount:$525,000.00
Attorneys:Gregory A. Rich, Jonathan C. Berns of Dobson, Berns & Rich LLP
Case:Hays v. State of Missouri Dept. of Corr.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination
State:Missouri
85
Amount:$521,000.00
Attorneys:H. Gregory Harp of Gregory Harp LLC
Case:Jordan v. BBF Number 1 LLC
Type:Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination
State:Alabama
86 (tie)
Amount:$500,000.00
Attorneys:Edward W. Wimp of The Leach Firm PA
Case:Coleman v. OC Flashdancers LLC
Type:Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Florida
86 (tie)
Amount:$500,000.00
Attorneys:William R. Amlong, Karen Coolman Amlong, Jennifer Daley of The Amlong Firm
Case:Stanley v. Broward Cnty. Sheriff
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, First Amendment Violation, Failure to Hire
State:Florida
86 (tie)
Amount:$500,000.00
Attorneys:Jordan K. Merson of Merson Law PLLC
Case:Employee v. Yaghoubian, et al.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination
State:New York
86 (tie)
Amount:$500,000.00
Attorneys:Erin Maureen Kendall, Gregory P. Hacker of Hacker Hacker & Kendall PC
Case:Crystal v. C.P.C. PC
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Employment Discrimination
State:Wyoming
87
Amount:$460,000.00
Attorneys:W. Craft Hughes, Jarrett L. Ellzey, Leigh S. Montgomery, Ghazzaleh Rezazadeh of Hughes Ellzey LLP; Richard A. Hinojosa of Hinojosa Law P.L.L.C.
Case:Frometa v. Swash Car Wash LLC
Type:Negligent Misrepresentation, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Negligent Tort, Workers' Compensation, Occupational Injury, Bodily Injury
State:Texas
88
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, FEHA Retaliation
State:California
89
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
State:California
90
Amount:$405,600.00
Attorneys:Gina Marie Cadogan of Cadogan Law
Case:Christ v. Plumbing, Heating & AC Inc., et al.
Type:Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Personal Injury, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Harassment
State:Florida
91 (tie)
Amount:$400,000.00
Attorneys:David A. Branch of Law Offices of David A. Branch & Associates PLLC
Case:Lee v. District of Columbia Gov't
Type:Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:District of Columbia
91 (tie)
Amount:$400,000.00
Attorneys:Milton L. Williams Jr. of Walden Macht & Haran LLP
Case:Rasmy v. Marriott Int'l Inc., et al.
Type:Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:New York
92
Amount:$379,583.00
Attorneys:Beth Creighton of Creighton & Rose PC
Case:Boyd-Parker v. LJC & Co. Healthcare LLC
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination
State:Oregon
93
Amount:$376,205.00
Attorneys:George D. Sax of Scharf Banks Marmor LLC
Case:McAvoy v. G/O Media Inc. et al.
Type:Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Tortious Interference, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Illinois
94
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
State:California
95
Amount:$346,000.00
Attorneys:John W. Anderson Jr. of John W. Anderson Jr. PC
Case:Chapman v. City of Tulsa
Type:Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment
State:Oklahoma
96
Amount:$318,240.00
Attorneys:Josef F. Buenker, Thomas H. Padgett Jr. of The Buenker Law Firm
Case:Pimanit v. Phumswarng Inc., et al.
Type:Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort
State:Texas
97
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
State:California
98 (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
State:California
98 (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
State:California
99
Amount:$267,624.00
Attorneys:Regan Keebaugh, James E. Radford of Radford & Keebaugh LLC
Case:Williams v. Allen
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination
State:Georgia
100
Amount:$258,333.00
Attorneys:Matthew T. Kneeland, Jeffrey R. Sylvester of Sylvester & Polednak, Ltd.; Lawrence P. Schaefer, Timothy S. Christensen of Schaefer Halleen LLC
Case:Mills v. Ennoble Beverages Inc.
Type:Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Unpaid Bonuses
State:Nevada
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