Top 50 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2024
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 50 labor & employment verdicts obtained in the United States in 2024. The list is composed of various types of cases that were tried to a verdict before a state or federal jury in the United States. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| Visit: | Top 20 Labor & Employment Verdicts in the United States in 2024 |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $7,824,580.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin T. Snider, Matthew B. McReynolds, Milton E. Matchak of Pacific Justice Institute; Jessica R. Barsotti of The Law Office of Jessica R. Barsotti |
| Case: | Williams, et al. v. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $7,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Harry S. Stern, Sarah Madan of Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC; John Houston Scott of Scott Law Firm |
| Case: | Harper v. Regents of the Univ. of California |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Objector Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $7,140,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Ware Cornell, Jr. of Cornell & Associates PA |
| Case: | Adler v. Starboard Grp. Mgmt. Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Harassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | Florida |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $6,680,950.00 |
| Attorneys: | Viridiana E. Aceves, Jacob Nalbandyan, Charlene L. Nercess of Levin & Nalbandyan, LLP |
| Case: | Valentines v. Dedication & Everlasting Love to Animals |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Pregnancy Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Failure to Accommodate, Meal & Rest Breaks, Employment Discrimination, Unpaid Wages |
| State: | California |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $6,564,186.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan York, E. Steve Smith, Mark L. Johansen, Brian C. Mitchell of Reed Smith LLP |
| Case: | Moos v. Prime Income Asset Mgmt. LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Bonuses |
| State: | Texas |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $6,127,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ivan Puchalt, Christian Nickerson, Jenna Edzant of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Lochhead, et al. v. Regents of UC |
| Type: | Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $5,950,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dan Channing Stanley of Stanley & Collins PLLC; Richard Everett Collins of Collins Law PLC; Ursula Bailey of Law Office of Ursula Bailey |
| Case: | Ogle v. Jones, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Workplace Sexual Harassment |
| State: | Tennessee |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $5,250,694.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua W. Carden of Carden Livesay Ltd. |
| Case: | Fuller v. City of Scottsdale, et al. |
| Type: | Defamation, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | Arizona |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $5,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven F. Marino, Joseph Auddino of Marino & Associates P.C. |
| Case: | Lynch v. Milton S. Hershey Med. Ctr., et al. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Wrongful Demotion, Protected Activity Retaliation, Objector Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $3,934,138.00 |
| Attorneys: | Barry H. Dyller of Dyller & Solomon LLC; Patrick T. O’Connell of Patrick T. O'Connell Law Office |
| Case: | Krug v. Bloomsburg University |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Economic Loss, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $3,825,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric J. Artrip, Teri Ryder Mastando, Tony Mastando of Mastando & Artrip LLC |
| Case: | Moeinpour v. Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, National Origin Discrimination, Personal Injury, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, False Arrest, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | Alabama |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $3,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric S. Playter of Playter Trial Lawyers; Brianne Thomas of Boyd Kenter Thomas & Parrish |
| Case: | Petifurd v. State of Missouri Dep't of Corr. |
| Type: | Government Negligence, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Failure to Promote, Protected Activity Retaliation, Objector Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | Missouri |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $3,595,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carney R. Shegerian, Mahru Madjidi, Aaron Gbewonyo of Shegerian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Incalza v. Porsche Design of Am. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Fraud, Fraud in the Inducement, Misrepresentation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Torts, Intentional Misrepresentation, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Failure to Rehire |
| State: | California |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory W. Smith, Diana W. Wells of Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith, LLP; Leila K. Al Faiz of Leila Al Faiz At Law |
| Case: | Colomey v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Defamation, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Wrongful Demotion, Reputational Harm, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $3,364,425.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Leininger, Kevin T. Schutte, William P. Dunne, III of Otteson Shapiro LLP |
| Case: | Allen v. Concord Energy LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Bonuses |
| State: | Colorado |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $2,999,406.00 |
| Attorneys: | John P. Sheridan of Sheridan Law Firm, PS |
| Case: | Allen v. State of Washington |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Objector Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | Washington |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $2,780,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachary Holzberg of Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC |
| Case: | Andrade v. Cultural Care, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Invasion of Privacy, Personal Injury, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment |
| State: | New York |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $2,690,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michelle Holmes of Holmes Law Offices |
| Case: | Moore, et al. v. Sequeira, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Defamation, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, First Amendment Violation, Reputational Harm, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | Connecticut |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $2,623,153.82 |
| Attorneys: | Sharon R. Vinick, Jean K. Hyams of Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP; Katherine L. Smith of Law Offices of Wendy Musell |
| Case: | Toscano v. City of Oakland, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $2,584,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mika Hilaire, Chloe Banker of Equal Rights Law Group |
| Case: | Weerasignhe v. Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $2,291,952.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael D. Anderson of Anderson & Associates; Andrei V. Serpik of Anderson & Associates |
| Case: | Alba v. California Dept. of Parks & Recreation |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Government Negligence, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Racial Harassment, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $2,248,290.07 |
| Attorneys: | Tamara Freeze, Xinyue Liu of Workplace Justice Advocates, PLC; Brian G. Hannemann of Hannemann Law Firm |
| Case: | Yang v. Global Win Capital Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Unpaid Severance, Loss of Opportunity, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $2,192,386.00 |
| Attorneys: | Darrell Chambers, Douglas S. Rosenbloom of Chambers & Rosenbloom LLP |
| Case: | Deus v. AARP Servs. Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Civil Rights Violation, Economic Loss, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Vicarious Liability, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $2,170,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher Lage, Robert Canino, Ann Henry, Alexa Lang of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC et al. v. SkyWest Airlines Inc. |
| Type: | Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | Texas |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $2,152,482.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Y. Avrahamy of Law Offices of Joseph Y. Avrahamy; Michael O'Beirne of Law Offices of Michael O'Beirne; Marla A. Brown of Law Offices of Marla Brown |
| Case: | Hill v. California Highway Patrol |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Government Negligence, Labor & Employment, Intentional Torts, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination |
| State: | California |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $2,075,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alison Beanum of Clyde & Co US L.L.P. |
| Case: | Shaath v. Los Angeles Unif. Sch. Dist. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Economic Loss, Government Negligence, Hostile Work Environment, National Origin Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Wage & Hour Violation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | California |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $2,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kathleen A. DeLaney, Christopher S. Stake, Matthew R. Gutwein of DeLaney & DeLaney LLC |
| Case: | Story v. St. Vincent Med. Grp, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Retaliation, Tortious Interference, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Commercial Litigation, Reputational Harm, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | Indiana |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $2,020,105.84 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey M. Curtiss of Jeffrey M. Curtiss, Attorney At Law |
| Case: | Zheltov v. PageBites, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Torts, Intentional Misrepresentation, Unpaid Wages |
| State: | California |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $2,005,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | A.J. Bosman of Bosman Law Firm, LLC; Gregory L. Silverman of Gregory L. Silverman, Esq., P.C. |
| Case: | Nordenstam v. SUNY |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | New York |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,816,279.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lawrance A. Bohm, Jack C. Brouwer of Bohm Law Group, Inc.; Brian Crone of The Law Office of Brian Crone; Noah Schwinghamer of Schwinghamer Law |
| Case: | Coppola v. CDCR |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Economic Loss, Government Negligence, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| State: | California |
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