Cases: Current & Settled

Our current class/collective action cases include those listed below. Please contact us if you are interested in making an employment law claim, whether for a company we already have a case against or a different company.

Current Cases

• All Phase Landscape Construction
• Decker Truck Line
• Dish Network
• Glenmoor Country Club
• Prestige Corporate Relocation
• Steiner Education Group
• Successfully Litigated and Settled Cases
• Fresenius Medical Care Dialysis Services

Registered nurses who perform dialysis sued Fresenius for violating the company’s own contract and California Wage and Hour Law by requiring the nurses to work through their rest and lunch breaks and use their personal cell phones for work without reimbursement.

Brewer v. Montrose Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Settled a case against Montrose Memorial Hospital on behalf of employees who were misclassified as exempt employees and not paid overtime at a time-and-a-half rate.

Scifo v. Denver Drywall

Settled a case against Denver Drywall Co. on behalf of an employee who was not paid overtime or vacation time, was not reimbursed for his cell phone or mileage, and was terminated several months before his contract was up.

Lester v. The Career Building Academy

Worked as co-drafter of the brief for amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) of the Plaintiffs’ Employment Lawyers Association of California which made the winning argument that successful plaintiffs in California wage and hour cases generally should be entitled to attorney’s fees so that they are not prohibited by cost from suing employers for wage theft.

McWilliams v. M.J. Wullschleger & Assoc., P.C., d/b/a/ Cherished Companion

Settled a case against Cherished Companion, a veterinary clinic, on behalf of employees who were not paid for all hours worked, not paid overtime, and denied rest and lunch breaks.

Zaragoza v. Swifts Breakfast House, Inc.

Won a jury trial against a restaurant that willfully deprived a dishwasher/cook of pay for all hours worked and for overtime pay. The win amounted to the largest known individual recovery for a single restaurant worker in the history of wage and hour litigation in California. Read the verdict here. After the verdict, we reached a confidential settlement with the restaurant’s owner.

Hickey v. Brinker International Payroll Co., L.P., d/b/a Maggiano’s

Reached a confidential settlement with Maggiano’s on behalf of banquet servers who allegedly had their tips wrongfully taken by the restaurant.

Watts v. American Property Maintenance, Inc., d/b/a Dream House

Reached a settlement on behalf of a class of adult entertainers who were misclassified as tenants or independent contractors, not paid for all their time worked, and not paid overtime.