Top 50 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2023
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| Visit: | Top 20 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2023 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $7,173,911.50 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Lustig, Talina Bidwell, Michael J. Pike of Pike & Lustig LLP |
| Case: | Viera, et al. v. City of Lake Worth, FL |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Benefits |
| State: | Florida |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $6,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony Nguyen, Mahru Madjidi, Allison Norder of Shegerian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Contreras v. Kelly Pipe Co. LLC |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination, FEHA Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $6,140,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | H. Anthony Relys, Julianne O'Bannon Germinder of TGH Litigation L.L.C. |
| Case: | Spivey v. St. Louis Pub. Schs., et al. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Missouri |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $6,131,204.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony Nguyen, Max Levy of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.; Ani M. Akopyan of Akopyan Law Firm |
| Case: | Yosifi v. The Regents of the University of CA |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, CFRA Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $6,028,559.00 |
| Attorneys: | Blaine H. Bortnick of Rasco Klock Perez & Nieto LLC |
| Case: | Delvecchio v. Asnis Dental PLLC |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | New York |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan C. Fox, Ryan P. Sink of Fox Williams & Sink LLC |
| Case: | Duis v. Franciscan Alliance Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Family & Medical Leave Act, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Indiana |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $5,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Matthew T. Hale, Mahru Madjidi of Shegerian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Galvan v. United Parcel Serv. Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $4,853,460.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew J. Jaramillo, Sean T. Nguyen of Altus Law Firm |
| Case: | Cunning v. Skye Bioscience, Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | California |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $4,640,216.00 |
| Attorneys: | David E. Breskin, Cynthia J. Heidelberg of Breskin Johnson & Townsend PLLC |
| Case: | McFarland, et al. v. Evergreen Hosp. Med. Ctr. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| State: | Washington |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $4,598,163.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel M. Weiskopf, Matthew J. Campos of McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC |
| Case: | Wilner v. Okta Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment |
| State: | Washington |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $4,145,595.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, John David, Anna Olevsky of Shegerian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Whithorn v. City of West Covina |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Abuse of Power, Employment Discrimination, FEHA Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $3,736,044.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kathleen A. DeLaney, Christopher S. Stake of DeLaney & DeLaney LLC; Marvin L. Coan of Hummel Coan & Sage LLC |
| Case: | Farmer v. Baptist Health Med. Grp. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Personal Injury, Tortious Interference, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond P. Boucher, Maria L. Weitz, Alexander Gamez, Mallory Whitelaw of Boucher LLP; Sahag Majarian II of Law Offices of Sahag Majarian II |
| Case: | Veal v. California Dept. of Veterans Affairs |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment |
| State: | California |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $3,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward Keenan, Sonal Bhatia, JR Montgomery of Keenan & Bhatia LLC; Katherine Myers of Edelman, Liesen & Myers LLP |
| Case: | Hazziez v. City of Kansas City, et al. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire |
| State: | Missouri |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $3,390,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | V. Severin Roberts, Amanda A. Farahany of Barrett & Farahany LLP |
| Case: | Faulk v. Dimerco Express USA Corp. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Hire, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Georgia |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $3,340,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron J. Freiwald, Zachary S. Feinberg of Freiwald Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Spang, et al. v. White, et al. |
| Type: | Misdiagnosis, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Psychological Injury, Unnecessary Surgery, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Medical Laboratory Negligence, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $3,263,230.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elizabeth A. Hanley, Joe Solseng of Schroeter Goldmark & Bender |
| Case: | O'Brien v. Skountrianos, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Washington |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michelle Iarusso of Iarusso Legal APC |
| Case: | McCann v. Community Action Comm'n of Santa Barbara Cnty. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | California |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $3,248,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Blake C. Edwards, Nicole D. Edwards of Edwards & Edwards Attorneys and Mediators PLLC |
| Case: | McClinton v. Capstone Logistics LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure to Accommodate, Family & Medical Leave Act, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Alabama |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin Silverman of Law Offices of Justin Silverman, APC; Jared M. Irmas of Irmas Law APC |
| Case: | Almada v. HHCare, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, FEHA Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 40 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer Turco Meyer of Dyer Law PC LLO |
| Case: | Beran v. VSL North Platte Court LLC |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment |
| State: | Nebraska |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $2,939,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian J. Farrar, Gerald D. Wahl of Sterling Attorneys at Law PC |
| Case: | Glowacki v. O'Reilly Auto Parts |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Economic Loss, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Michigan |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $2,865,600.00 |
| Attorneys: | Phillip M. Murphy II of Law Office of Phillip M. Murphy II |
| Case: | Khoshneviszadeh v. Sam's West Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Missouri |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $2,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Douglas D. Winter of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Casteel v. City of Riverside |
| Type: | Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Abuse of Power, Police Misconduct, Failure to Promote, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| State: | California |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $2,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charles F. Rodman, Michael V. Parras Jr. of Rodman Employment Law |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Atrius Health Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $2,693,054.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Anthony Nguyen, Mahru Madjidi of Shegerian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Spillane v. Partners in Leadership LLC |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, FEHA Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 46 | |
| 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 |
| State: | California |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $2,617,851.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Camillus of Law Offices of John C. Camillus LLC; Jason Starling of Willis Spangler Starling; Kevin R. Kelleher of Mowery Youell & Galeano Ltd. |
| Case: | Yerkes v. Ohio State Highway Patrol |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Ohio |
| 48 | |
| 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, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| State: | California |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven J. Errante, Marisa A. Bellair, Rosalie D. Louis, Mathew D. Popilowski of Lynch, Traub, Keefe & Errante PC |
| Case: | Santiago v. DNA Diagnostics, Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Medical Laboratory Negligence, Bodily Injury |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $2,460,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Fogelman, Jeffrey M. Simons of Fogelman Law LLC |
| Case: | Nelson-Bailey v. Brandeis Univ., et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Wrongful Demotion, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | Massachusetts |