Case Results

Filing a claim against an employer for unfair treatment can reward you with financial compensation, but more than that, it sends a message that workplace discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and other malicious acts will not be overlooked. Scott R. Ames has helped numerous clients hold employers and coworkers accountable for mistreatment. The following are just a few examples of the results we have achieved in the past five years.

Category

- Wage and Hour Law Wage & Hour Class Action
  Wage & Hour Class Action $1,850,000
  Wage & Hour Class Action - misclassification of sales employees as independent contractors
- Wrongful Termination Wrongful Termination
  Wrongful Termination $175,000.00
  employee fired after complaining about the business practices of his employer's CEO - $175,000
- Breach of Employment Contract Breach of Oral Contract
  Breach of Oral Contract $425,000.00
  $425,000 plus one year of COBRA payments. Case settled pre-litigation
- Discrimination Gender Discrimination / retaliation
  Gender Discrimination / retaliation $660,000.00
- Breach of Employment Contract Breach of Employment Contract
  Breach of Employment Contract $200,000.00
- Discrimination Medical Condition (Cancer) Discrimination
  Medical Condition (Cancer) Discrimination $500,000.00
  Medical Condition (Cancer) Discrimination on behalf of employee terminated while undergoing treatment for breast cancer - $500,000
- Discrimination Disability Discrimination
  Disability Discrimination $150,000.00
- Discrimination Gender Discrimination / Equal Pay Act
  Gender Discrimination / Equal Pay Act $165,000.00
  $165,000. Case settled pre-litigation
- Harrassment Sex Harassment
  Sex Harassment $137,500.00
  $137,500 for employee who resigned after 4 months of employment
- Discrimination Disability Discrimination
  Disability Discrimination $300,000.00
- Discrimination Military and Veteran Status Discrimination
  Military and Veteran Status Discrimination $125,000.00
- Discrimination Disability Discrimination
  Disability Discrimination $175,000.00
  $175,000 plus reinstatement
- Harrassment Sex Harassment
  Sex Harassment $850,000
  Prelitigation settlement on behalf executive assistant.
- Harrassment Sexual Harassment
  Sexual Harassment $325,000.00
- Discrimination Pregnancy Discrimination
  Pregnancy Discrimination $200,000.00
- Discrimination Disability Discrimination
  Disability Discrimination $500,000.00
  $500,000 plus reinstatement two years after termination
- Discrimination Gender Discrimination
  Gender Discrimination $300,000.00
- Discrimination Race and National Origin Discrimination
  Race and National Origin Discrimination $210,000.00
- Wage and Hour Law Failure to Pay Commissions
  Failure to Pay Commissions $250,000.00
- Wrongful Termination Wrongful Termination / Whistleblower
  Wrongful Termination / Whistleblower $475,000.00
  employee fired after complaining that employer was defrauding customers -$475,000
- Wage and Hour Law Denial of Severance Benefits
  Denial of Severance Benefits $590,000.00
- Harrassment Sexual Harassment
  Sexual Harassment $150,000.00
  $150,000 . Case settled pre-litigation
- Discrimination Age Discrimination
  Age Discrimination $400,000.00
  $400,000. Case settled pre-litigation
- Discrimination Disability Discrimination
  Disability Discrimination $290,000.00
- Discrimination Age Discrimination
  Age Discrimination $650,000.00
- Breach of Severance Contract
  Breach of Severance Contract $246,600
  Bench Decision in the San Bernardino County Superior Court resulting in judgment of $223,000 on the breach of severance contract claim, and an attorneys’ fees award for plaintiff in the amount of $246,600.
- Whistleblower Whistleblower
  Whistleblower $750,000
  former Director of Building & Planning terminated by the City of Maywood after complaining about illegal kickbacks
- Discrimination Age Discrimination
  Age Discrimination $285,000.00
- Discrimination Gender Discrimination
  Gender Discrimination $550,000.00
  Gender Discrimination and Violation of the California Family Medical Leave Act on behalf of employee who was terminated after having her second child
- Whistleblower Whistleblower
  Whistleblower $150,000.00
  $150,000. Case settled pre-litigation
- Discrimination Age Discrimination
  Age Discrimination $300,000.00
- Harrassment Male on Male Sexual Harassment
  Male on Male Sexual Harassment $225,000.00
- Family and Medical Leave Denial of Family Leave / Associational Discrimination
  Denial of Family Leave / Associational Discrimination $660,000.00
  $660,000, plus $20,000 per year increase in salary and employee kept her job. Case settled pre-litigation
- Discrimination Disability Discrimination
  Disability Discrimination $375,000.00
  Disability Discrimination - $375,000 verdict, plus finding of malice, oppression and fraud. Nimmo v. Montage Hotels & Resorts, LLC, Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2009-00117583. Case settled before punitive damage phase of the trial
- Breach of Employment Contract Breach of Employment Contract
  Breach of Employment Contract $2.700,000
  Prelitigation settlement on behalf of an individual who left a prior company to become CEO of new company, and the new company reneged on its agreement to employ the individual as its CEO.
- Discrimination National Origin Discrimination
  National Origin Discrimination $290,000.00
- Discrimination Gender Discrimination
  Gender Discrimination $450,000.00
  $450,000 and employee received company automobile valued at $60,000. Case settled pre-litigation
- Discrimination Age Discrimination
  Age Discrimination $775,000
- Discrimination Disability Discrimination
  Disability Discrimination $380,000.00
- Discrimination Disability Discrimination
  Disability Discrimination $1,000,000
  Disability Discrimination - $40,000/year employee terminated after requesting accommodations
- Breach of Employment Contract Breach of Employment Contract
  Breach of Employment Contract $1,000,000