Top 50 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2024
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 labor & employment settlements obtained in California in 2024. The list is composed of various types of cases filed in a state or federal court, as well as those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| 11 - 20 | |
| Visit: | Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2024 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kashif Haque, Samuel A. Wong, Jessica L. Campbell, Namrata Kaur of Aegis Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | McKenzie v. Marquis Cos 1, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, PAGA Claim |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $1,750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick McNicholas, Jason L. Oliver of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Siderakis v. City of Ukiah, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Wrongful Demotion, Employment Discrimination, Victim Retaliation |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $1,650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick McNicholas, of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP; Michael J. Kent, Emily R. Pincin of Kent | Pincin Law |
| Case: | Hough v. County of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Wrongful Demotion, Employment Discrimination, Los Angeles as Defendant |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $1,550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mehrdad Bokhour of Bokhour Law Group, PC; Joshua S. Falakassa of Falakassa Law P.C. |
| Case: | Smart v. Mastec Services Company, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elliot J. Siegel, Julian Burns King of King & Siegel LLP; Xavier J. Villegas of Law Office of Xavier Villegas, APC |
| Case: | Iranrouh v. HCCS & Technical |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 25 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Loren Nizinski, Courtney C. McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Marsh v. City of Los Angeles, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, Victim Retaliation, Los Angeles as Defendant |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin Lo, Mai Tuyet of Work Lawyers PC |
| Case: | Class of Employees v. Employer |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, Unpaid Bonuses |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $1,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas S. Feher, Stephen Wiard of Feher Law, APC |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Protected Leave Retaliation, Victim Retaliation |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $1,154,233.41 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Mahoney, Katherine Odenbreit of Mahoney Law Group; Amir Seyedfarshi of Employment Rights Lawyers, Apc |
| Case: | Ke Li v. Us Elogistics |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages, Minimum Wage Violation |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $1,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin J. Stoops of Sommers & Schwartz LLP; John V.Picone, Jennifer S. Coleman, Elaisha Nandrajog of Spencer Fane LLP |
| Case: | Jarrett, et al. v. [24]. AI, Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Wages |
| 30 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert W. Ottinger, Lynsey D. Johnson of The Ottinger Firm PC |
| Case: | Ulloa v. TriMark ERF Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 30 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kashif Haque, Samuel A. Wong, Jessica L. Campbell, Namrata Kaur of Aegis Law Firm, PC; Aubry Wand of The Wand Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Chandler v. Compass Group USA, Inc. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, PAGA Claim |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $970,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jean-Claude Lapuyade, Sydney Castillo-Johnson, Perssia Razma of JCL Law Firm, APC; Shani O. Zakay of Zakay Law Group APLC |
| Case: | Thomas v. Center for Elders' Independence |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, Unpaid Bonuses, PAGA Claim |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $920,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amir Seyedfarshi of Employment Rights Lawyers, APC; Kevin Mahoney, John Young of Mahoney Law Group |
| Case: | Elvira Villegas v. AOCLSC Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Roxanna Tabatabaeepour, Ryan Tish, Alexander Wallin of Capstone Law APC; James R. Hawkins, Christina M. Lucio of James Hawkins APLC |
| Case: | White, et al. v. Revolution Foods Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $835,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eustace de Saint Phalle, Joseph R. Lucia, Olivia K. Leary of Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC |
| Case: | Pailet v. City & County of San Francisco, et al. |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Victim Retaliation |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $825,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garen Nadir, Brent Marlis of The Work Justice Firm |
| Case: | Harassed Employee v. Negligent Employer |
| Type: | Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Employment Discrimination |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $825,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer & Supervisor |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, Protected Leave Retaliation, Victim Retaliation |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $780,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| Type: | Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Wages |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman B. Blumenthal, Kyle R. Nordrehaug, Aparajit Bhowmik of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP |
| Case: | Taad v. Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew S. McNicholas, Courtney C. McNicholas, Vanessa Hernandez of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP |
| Case: | Employee v. Municipality |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Negligent Supervision, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Victim Retaliation, Los Angeles as Defendant |
| 38 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $750,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raul Perez, Robert J. Drexler, Jr., Molly A. DeSario, Jonathan Lee of Capstone Law APC |
| Case: | Aleman v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, PAGA Claim |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $737,930.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ethan C. Surls, Daniel J. Brown of Stansbury Brown Law, PC |
| Case: | Chande v. The Shade Store, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey C. Lyon of Lyon Law PC |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Negligent Supervision, Retaliation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Mental Abuse, Workplace Harassment, Harassment |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Kent, Emily R. Pincin of Kent | Pincin |
| Case: | Employee v. Employer |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Edwin Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Tara Zabehi, Hagit Goltzer, Meg Razi of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Moncada v. Star Hardware Inc. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 41 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marcus J. Bradley, Kiley L. Grombacher of Bradley Grombacher LLP; Sahag Majarian, II, Garen Majarian of Majarian Law Group, APC |
| Case: | Garay v. Mydatt Servs. Inc. |
| Type: | Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Minimum Wage Violation |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $630,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kane Moon, Allen V. Feghali, Charlotte Mikat-Stevens of Moon Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Ferry v. Cencal Wings II Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $620,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Mahoney of Mahoney Law Group, APC; Amir H. Seyedfarshi of Employment Rights Lawyers, APC; Jean-Claude Lapuyade of JCL Law Firm, APC; Shani O. Zakay of Zakay Law Group APLC |
| Case: | Cambaliza v. Clear Channel Outdoor LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Commissions, Meal & Rest Breaks, Unpaid Bonuses, PAGA Claim |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $616,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chambord Benton-Hayes of Benton Employment Law |
| Case: | Employee v. Employee |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, Victim Retaliation |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $575,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Angela M. Alioto, Jordanna G. Thigpen of Law Offices of Mayor Joseph L. Alioto & Angela Alioto P.L.C. |
| Case: | Perata v. City & County of San Francisco |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Government Negligence, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination, Victim Retaliation |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $566,643.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arby Aiwazian, Joanna Ghosh, Vartan Madoyan, of Lawyers for Justice PC |
| Case: | Joerger v. IES Residential Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $556,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Matern, Deanna S. Leifer, Kristen B. Doyan of Matern Law Group PC |
| Case: | Cato v. Unity Courier Serv. Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $550,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zorik Mooradian, Haik Hacopian of Mooradian Law, APC |
| Case: | Jimenez v. Cargo HS LLC |
| Type: | Class Action, Unfair Business Practices, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $542,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua D. Gruenberg of Gruenberg Law |
| Case: | Skeels v. City of San Diego, et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Objector Retaliation |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $532,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chambord Benton-Hayes of Benton Employment Law |
| Case: | Employees v. Supervisor |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Victim Retaliation |
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