Class Action Lawsuits
$11.5 Million Class Action Settlement achieved in 2013 for residents of an understaffed skilled nursing facility chain. Additionally, approximately $20 Million in additional nursing home staffing is required to be provided over the next three years with special reporting and enforcement requirements. This case involved appellate issues that were decided by the California Supreme Court. The nursing home chain had more than twenty locations throughout the state including locations in Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, Fresno, Redding, Chico, Fairfield, Los Angeles, Orange County, Long Beach and San Diego.
Confidential settlement achieved in 2014 on behalf of hundreds of employees of a five hotel chain with locations in Sacramento, Fairfield, Stockton, Modesto and Fresno. These service employees were being underpaid on their overtime hours.