On April 12, 2019, Wal-Mart was ordered to pay $6,001,559 in a California wage and hour class action lawsuit consisting of about 4,840 class members. Chelsea Hamilton and Alyssa Hernandez are former Wal-Mart employees who filed the case in June 2017. According to their complaint, Wal-Mart employees were allegedly discouraged...

On November 1, 2018, a Los Angeles jury awarded Ms. Kourtney Liggins $3.6M in a case involving failure to provide reasonable accommodation, pregnancy discrimination, and retaliation. Ms. Liggins was forced to return early from her maternity leave, which she claimed resulted in a decline in her performance because she had...

On October 19, 2018, a jury awarded two current and one former employee $8M after FedEx allegedly retaliated against them for whistleblowing.FedEx allegedly overlooked FAA safety requirements by rushing repairs to increase profits. FedEx installed stadium-sized clocks that counted down the seconds and offered management bonuses for getting airplanes out...

On March 27, 2018, Jimmy Saxton was awarded $62,400 for unpaid and lost wages, $10,000 for emotional distress, and $750,000 for punitive damages on a racial harassment and wrongful termination case. Mr. Saxton is an African-American salesman who worked for Hip Hop Beverage Corp. from March 2012 until his termination...

On August 30, 2017, Los Angeles Superior Court ordered Snap-On Logistics to pay Cesar Astorga $15,000,000 after three weeks of trial. Mr. Astorga worked for Snap-On Logistics since January 1996 until his termination on April 21, 2011. He has suffered from multiple work-related injuries over the 15 years of his...