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$2.5 Million Misclassification Settlement
This was a complex case involving individual wage and hour issues, individual discrimination issues under the FEHA for disability leave and associated retaliation, PAGA, and bankruptcy issues. Truck Driver A represented those who had “owned” their trucks while Truck Driver B represented those who “leased” them from the defendant (Company X) in a class action settlement. The final outcome came about due to expert mediation and plaintiff’s team consisting of three law firms working together putting forth strong credible evidence.
$195,000 Unpaid Overtime Settlement
The employer is required to pay for all wages “it knew or should have known” were worked. Client worked for IT company in the same department in the same position for 33 years. When he started, he was one of three and in the last 10 years he maintained this 24/7 department alone. When it was a 3 person staff, they rotated and backed each other up. However, in the last 10 years, he went at it alone. Despite that fact, his timecards only showed that he worked 40 hours M-F and about 12 hours of overtime Saturdays and Sundays. We alleged the employer knew or should have known our Client worked at least an additional 40 hours of unpaid overtime M-F that was not compensated, despite the fact he did not clock in on his timesheets. Resolved weeks after mediation.
$100,000 Sexual Harassment Severance
The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) violations – Sexual harassment and retaliation and also Wrongful Termination against Public Policy. Negotiated a six figure severance and very detailed and favorable non-monetary terms including a recommendation letter. To be a victim of sexual harassment does not require that the harasser has “sexual interest in” or “attraction” directed towards the plaintiff.
After working 13 years in progressively senior roles within the same company and abruptly wrongfully terminated with the pretextual reason of insubordination and poor performance.
In the past year, she had submitted numerous complaints to HR of sexual harassment allegedly committed by her boss which also involved his outspoken secretary. Inexplicably, HR failed to investigate any of those complaints. During this time, our client was demoted, responsibilities stripped from her, her title changed, and for the first time in her career, received a negative performance review which ultimately led to her termination. Ultimately our client settled for a nice package including over $100,000.00 severance pay as well as favorable non-monetary benefits.
$267,000 Uber Car Accident Settlement
The clients were in two separate Uber vehicles who were hit by a drunk driver without insurance. Two Uber vehicles were stopped at a red light behind one another when a drunk driver rammed his Ford truck into a third vehicle behind both of them which then caused a chain reaction resulting in a 4 car collision. We experienced significant hurdles with this case. Despite the obstacles and hoops we had to jump through, we eventually got Uber’s carrier to pay under its uninsured motorist provision.
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