Our Recent Select Results in Employment and Injury Cases
Select Recent Results
April 2025
$2.3 million court trial verdict in an assault and battery case arising out of an alteraction on a baseball field (San Francisco Superior Court).
July 2024
$380,000 settlement in a wrongful termination and denial or religious exemption from the requirement to be vaccinated against Covid-19 case. (Northern District of California).
May 2024
$190,000 settlement in a disability discrimination and failure to accommodate case. (Sacramento County).
October 2023
$61,000 jury verdict in a domestic violence case (Contra Costa County).
January 2024
$175,000 settlement in misclassification and failure to pay overtime case to an electrician, who was misclassified as an independent contractor. (Contra Costa County)
December 2022
$285,000.00 private settlement in an assault and battery incident, where the claimant was punched and had his nose broken (San Francisco County).
July 2022
$137,500 settlement in a trip and fall injury case to a retired employee of City of Oakland. (Alameda County).
$1,200,000.00 arbitration award in a dispute between two start-up founders over apportionment of company value and equity (San Francisco County).
November 2021
$284,500.00 arbitration award to an employee in an age discrimination and retaliation case against his employer in the healthcare industry (JAMS).
February-March 2020
$215,000 award by labor commissioner to four employees in a construction industry (San Mateo County DLSE
$120,000 settlement to a State employee for being wrongfully AWOL'd from her position.
January 2021
$425,000 settlement to a former employee of Sacramento County for retaliatory failure to rehire. (Sacramento County).
October 2019
$114,500 labor commissioner award in failure to pay for all hours worked and failure to pay bonus due (Alameda County).
July 2019
$225,000.00 settlement and reinstatement in age discrimination case to a manager at a major retail store (Contra Costa county)
May 2019
$175,000 mediation settlement in a slip and fall case against a major retailer in Contra Costa county.
January 2019
3,100,000.00 mediation settlement to a doctor who was expelled from a medical group in retaliation for complaining about his employer's non-compliance with health insurance billing procedures (Sacramento County).
May 2018
$750k settlement to a co-founder of a start-up in a fraud and negligent misrepresentation case (Santa Clara County).
March 2018
Successfully defended an employer - restaurant in a racial discrimination case. Defense arbitration award plus costs in the employer's favor.
January 2018
$425k award to a co-founder of a start-up in a breach of contract / interference claim (arbitration).
September 2017
$1,283.000 arbitration verdict to a software company employee in an FMLA violation and retaliation case. (Santa Clara County)
April 2017
$125k settlement in a trip-and-fall case against a construction contractor. Plaintiff tripped and fell on a trench not properly covered by the Defendants during repaving. Plaintiff suffered shoulder fracture. (San Francisco County).
January 2017
$90,000 DLSE award to an employee for unpaid overtime and unpaid rests and meal breaks. Includes penalties. (Alameda County)
October 2016
$100,000 pre- trial settlement to a victim of assault and battery (Marin County). Plaintiff was punched and had his nose broken.
$175,000 settlement in a pregnancy discrimination case (San Francisco).
July 2016
$280,000 jury verdict in a slip-and-fall case against the landlord of the apartment building (Alameda County);
May 2016
$175,000.00 mediation settlement to an nurse in a failure to accommodate a disability case. (Contra Costa County).
$24,650.00 DLSE aware for unpaid overtime to a restaurant waiter (Alameda County).
March 2016
Policy limits settlement to a bicyclist, who was sideswiped by inattentive driver downtown San Francisco, suffering a disc herniation and knee injury.
January 2016
$125,000.00 binding arbitration award in a slip and fall case. Plaintiff suffered ankle fracture when going up the stairway that was negligently maintained by a property management company (Sacramento County).
September 2015
$141,000.00 arbitration award in a Labor Code 970 / misrepresentation claim to an employee who was induced to move to San Mateo to start a job, and whose job offer was revoked shortly after for no legitimate reason. (AAA Arbitration / San Mateo County)
April 2015
* $187,500 arbitration award in FMLA retaliation case to a top sales manager at a local retail chain (San Francisco County).
January 2015
* 137,500 settlement in a dispute liability slip-and-fall claim at a grocery store (Alameda County).
September 2014
* $125,000.00 settlement in a retaliation case to a registered nurse who was demoted after complaining about patients safety violations (Contra Costa County)
July 2014
*76,500.00 settlement in an unpaid overtime claim to a swim coach of a country club who was wrongfully classified as an exempt, salaried employee.
April 2014
* $316,000.00 arbitration award to a mechanic of a car dealership in a South Bay who was terminated in retaliation for complaining about safety violations after working at the same dealership for 16 years (Santa Clara County).
* $137,500 - an award by a Labor Commissioner (Oakland Office) to a maintenance employee for unpaid overtime, interest, and penalties. The claimant was ordered not to claim more than 8 hours of work per day, despite working much longer on many days in violation of California labor code. The employer was issued a citations and was ordered to implement a new clocking system, which tracks employees' actual hours of work.
February 2014
* $225,000.00 award by a Labor Commissioner in an unpaid overtime claim to a junior IT administrator who was misclassified as an independent contractor (San Mateo County).
* $137,500 - an award by a Labor Commissioner (Oakland Office) to a maintenance employee for unpaid overtime. The claimant was ordered not to claim more than 8 hours of work per day, despite working much longer on many days in violation of California labor code. The employer was issued a citations and was ordered to implement a new clocking system, which tracks employees' actual hours of work.
December 2013
*$195,000.000 settlement in a disability discrimination case following mandatory arbitration to a top performing care salesman of a dealership in Mari County.
August 2013
*$318,000 mediation settlement in an injury case involving fracture and multiple disk protrusions to a driver for a two-door sports sedan in San Mateo County.
April, 2013
* Verdict following Bench Trial in the amount of $225,000.00 on a breach of contract to a
commissioned sales employee of a mid-sized technology company. Santa Clara County Sup. Ct.
* $100,000 stipulated judgment to a tenant who fell through a defective deck at his rented unit.
