Top 20 Labor & Employment Verdicts in California in 2025
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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 20 labor & employment verdicts obtained in California in 2025. The list is composed of various types of cases that were tried to a verdict before a state or federal jury in California. The curation of case results for this list were conducted in accordance with the following methodology.
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| 1 - 10 | |
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| 11 | |
| Amount: | $6,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David M. deRubertis of The deRubertis Law Firm, APC; Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman, LLP; Courtney Abrams Lee of Courtney Abrams, PC |
| Case: | Rogers v. Board of Trustees of California State University |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Victim Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation, Sex Discrimination |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $5,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ivan Puchalt, Mark T. Quigley of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | Linskey v. University of California Regents, et al. |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $4,654,138.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Bernard Alexander, III of Alexander Morrison + Fehr, LLP; Eric A. Panitz of Panitz Law Group APC |
| Case: | Chavez v. Schlumberger Tech. Corp. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Employment Discrimination |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $4,507,218.44 |
| Attorneys: | Tamar G. Arminak of Arminak Law, APC; Eugene Patterson Harris of Law Offices of Pat Harris APC |
| Case: | Randy Rangel v. City of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Retaliation, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Protected Activity Retaliation, Los Angeles as Defendant, Workplace Retaliation |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $4,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ronald L. Zambrano, David Navasartian, Neama Rahmani, H. Dean Aynechi of West Coast Trial Lawyers APLC |
| Case: | Jane Doe v. DeAndre Cortez Way |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Personal Injury, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Harassment, Sexual Battery, Sexual Assault & Battery, Unpaid Wages |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dolores Y. Leal, Olivia Flechsig of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg |
| Case: | Snookal v. Chevron USA Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $3,986,225.00 |
| Attorneys: | David I. Paek, James K. Beck of Law Offices of David I. Paek |
| Case: | Kim v. Jeong, et al. |
| Type: | Assault & Battery, Civil Rights Violation, Personal Injury, Wrongful Imprisonment, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Torts, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Unpaid Wages, Punitive Damages |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $3,159,301.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sanjiv N. Singh of Sanjiv N. Singh, APLC; Michael B. Indrajana of Indrajana Law Group, APLC |
| Case: | Bisch v. Yolo Food Bank, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Defamation, Economic Loss, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Reputational Harm, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation, Punitive Damages |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $3,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John D. Barnett of Law Office of John D. Barnett; Bijan Darvish of Law Office of Bijan Darvish |
| Case: | Miller v. County of Orange, et al. |
| Type: | Economic Loss, Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge, Labor & Employment, Emotional Distress, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Protected Activity Retaliation, Workplace Retaliation, Punitive Damages |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jared M. Irmas of Irmas Law APC; George Moschopoulos of The Law Office of George Moschopoulos, APC |
| Case: | Jones v. LAUSD |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Failure to Accommodate, Employment Discrimination |
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