Top 20 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 labor & employment settlements obtained in California in 2025. 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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| 1 - 10 | |
| Visit: | Top 10 Labor & Employment Settlements in California in 2025 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $5,100,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Arnold P. Peter, Eyal Farahan of Peter Law Group |
| Case: | Carreon, et al. v. CDCR, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, Unpaid Wages |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Hyun, David Alami, Shawn Etemadi of Torus LLP; David D. Bibiyan, Vedang J. Patel of Bibiyan Law Group, P.C.; Adam M. Rose, Emanuel Starr, Theodore Tang of Frontier Law Center |
| Case: | Hall, et al. v. American Auto. Assoc. of NC, Nevada & Utah, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, Unpaid Wages |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $4,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph Lavi, Vincent C. Granberry, Danielle E. Montero of Lavi & Ebrahimian, LLP |
| Case: | Sosa v. Bank of America Nat'l Assoc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, Unpaid Wages, Minimum Wage Violation |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas S. Feher, Stephen Wiard of Feher Law, APC |
| Case: | Terminated Plaintiff v. Employer |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Harassment, Loss of Opportunity, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $3,970,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tyler J. Woods, Alan Wilcox of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC; Brandon Brouillette, Raymond Wendell, Zachary M. Crosner of Crosner Legal PC |
| Case: | Padilla, et al. v. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. |
| Type: | Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marc A. Pilotin, Katherine E. Cameron, Tara Stearns of Department of Labor |
| Case: | Micone v. Tolentino & Tolentino Partners, et al. |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Unpaid Wages |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin H. Haber, Daniel Kramer, Alan Wilcox of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC |
| Case: | Papel v. McNib Corp. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $2,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kane Moon, Allen V. Feghali, Edwin M. Kamarzarian of Moon Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Estrada v. TRC Companies, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages, Minimum Wage Violation |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kaveh S. Elihu, Daniel J. Friedman, Luis Guardado of Employee Justice Legal Group, PC |
| Case: | Employee v. Sports Gear Manufacturer |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Retaliation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Sexual Battery, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Sexual Assault & Battery, Workplace Retaliation |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel J. Hyun, Shawn Etemadi, David Alami of Torus LLP |
| Case: | Arnold, et al. v. LLUMC, et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, Unpaid Wages |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anna Y. Park of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| Case: | EEOC v. Meathead Movers Inc. |
| Type: | Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Labor & Employment, Failure to Hire, Employment Discrimination |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Heather M. Davis, Amir Nayebdadash of Protection Law Group LLP; Arrash T. Fattahi of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC |
| Case: | Castillo v. Donaldson Co., Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Meal & Rest Breaks, PAGA Claim, Unpaid Wages |
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