Class Actions and Multi-Plaintiff Lawsuits
$75 million dollars Class Action settlement (preliminary approval granted in April 2010)
$1.25 million dollars Confidential Settlement (multi-plaintiff action)
Attorneys at Hunter Pyle Law represented Latoya Jackson in a class action lawsuit brought against her former employer for missed meal and rest breaks. This case was settled for $1.1 million dollars. (Jackson v. ACE, Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG05241698)
$1,000,000 – Settlement for 20 administrative assistants who were denied overtime and meal breaks.
$850,000 Confidential Settlement (class action)
$775,000 Settlement (Class Action)
$750,000 Confidential Settlement (class action)
Attorneys at Hunter Pyle Law represented six tenants in four rental units who were subjected to substandard living conditions and wrongfully evicted from their homes. This case settled for $700,000. (Gamez-Garcia v. Rosen, Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG05-215454; Lopez v. Rosen, Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG05-233767).
Attorneys at Hunter Pyle Law were part of the trial team formed to represent a group of more than 20 tenants who were subjected to substandard living conditions and wrongfully evicted from their homes. This case settled for more than $700,000.
$585,000 – Settlement for low-wage workers who were not paid for all hours worked.
Attorneys at Hunter Pyle Law represented 29 individuals living in 15 units at a mobile home park alleging that the families and their children were subjected to a hostile living environment based on their race/national origin and familial status, due to unlawful verbal and other conduct by the landlord’s resident managers. This case settled for $520,000. Ceja v. Zeitz, Contra Costa County Superior Court, Case No. MSC05-01097.
Attorneys at Hunter Pyle Law represented a tenant who was being evicted from her home. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the tenant finding that the landlord was discriminating based on race (among other things). Afterwards, an affirmative lawsuit on behalf of six of the units at the building, alleging racial discrimination, resulted in a settlement of $450,000.
$400,000 Confidential Settlement (class action)
Attorneys at Hunter Pyle Law represented 17 individuals living in 12 rental units who were subjected to substandard living conditions during the four-month replacement of the roofing at their complex. This case settled for approximately $250,000. (Shumavon v. Rush, Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG06-277871).
Attorneys at Hunter Pyle Law represented three union employees who were wrongfully removed from office. This case settled for over $250,000.
Attorneys at Hunter Pyle Law represented four waitresses who were sexually harassed on the job. This case settled for over $250,000.