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Li v. DFG, et al. (03 C 1167) (Class litigation under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act on behalf of piece workers employed in Chicago food production facility resulting in $210,000 in settlement for the class.)
Tracy v. City of Chicago (95 C 5714) (Class litigation on behalf of sergeants, lieutenants and captains in the Chicago Police Department under the FLSA resulting in $6.3 million settlement for the class.) |
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Ronny Cunningham v. Menard Inc., (JAMS Case No. 1340005813) (Class arbitration under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act on behalf of former Menards employees who claimed they were not paid bonuses and vacation pay in accordance with Illinois law upon their termination from employment. Claims were settled for nearly $4 million in 2006.)
Hlas v. Menard, Inc. (Class arbitration on behalf of former Menards’ employees who claimed they were not paid wages in a timely manner resulted in settlement of $980,000.) |
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Shaffer v. American Medical Association, 10-2117 (7th Cir. 10/18/11) (Employee who claimed he was terminated after informing his boss that he needed to take medical leave in order to undergo knee replacement surgery produced sufficient evidence for a jury to find that there was a violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act.)
Stevenson v. Hyre Electric, 505 F. 3d. 720 (7th Cir 2007) (Employee who exhibited unusual behavior at work gave her employer constructive notice of her need for Family Medical Leave Act leave.) |
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| Johnston et al v. Jacqueline Cochran (Collective action on behalf of nationwide group of salesmen alleging they were terminated from employment because of their age.) |
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Horgan v. Simmons et al, (09 C 6796), 2010 WL 1434317 (N.D. Il, 2010) (First published opinion under the ADA Amendments Act of 2009, finding plaintiff who alleges he was terminated due to his HIV positive status, to be disabled within the meaning of the Act)*
Voss v. Moran Transportation 10 cv 1159 (N.D. Ill 2010) Americans with Disabilities Act case alleging that the plaintiff was terminated because of her diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer.
Lenoir v. Combined Insurance Co. 2002 WL 1949735(N.D. IL. 2002) ADA action on behalf of employee alleging she was terminated because her co-workers were afraid she had a contagious disease.
Diane Dyer-Neely et al. v. City of Chicago, 101 F.R.D. 83 (N. D. Il. 1984)(Class action that successfully challenged employment criteria for police officers that had disqualified hundreds of applicants )* |
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Artis v. Hitachi Zosen Clearing Inc. 967 F. 2d 1132 (7th Cir. 1992) (Failure to recall based on race.)*
Emmanuel Johnson v. Janet Reno, 93-0206 (DDC) (Class litigation on behalf of the nation’s African-American FBI agents in Title VII litigation in the District of Columbia Circuit.) |
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| Michelle Mortensen v. Menards, Inc. AAA Case No. 51 160 00578 13 (2014) (K,T & G lawyers recently secured a $220,000 award, which included $75,000 in punitive damages, from an arbitrator in Illinois on behalf of a former Department Manager for a Menards store, who claimed she was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for complaining about sex discrimination on the job. Menards requires all of its employees to agree as a condition of employment to arbitrate their employment claims rather than proceed to court. In his award, the arbitrator found that Menards’ purportedly anonymous hotline which employees are encouraged to use to air their employment complaints, is not actually anonymous at all. The former Department Manager was fired four days after she made her supposedly anonymous complaint to Headquarters.) * |
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Karen Stance v. Department of Veteran Affairs, EEOC Case No. 440-2006-00089X (July 31, 2007) (Administrative Law Judge awards complainant, a nurse employed by the VA, over $75,000 in back pay plus interest and $25,000 for emotional injuries plus over $50,000 in attorneys’ fees resulting from respondent’s termination of complainant in retaliation for her complaint of sexual harassment.)*
Quantock v. Shared Marketing 312 F. 3d 899 (7th Cir. 2002) (Successful prosecution of sexually hostile work
environment claim.)* |
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| Frank Seals v. YMCA of the USA, No 1-99-4160 (Ill. App. 1st District 2001)(unpublished)(upholds defamation claim by employee against former employer finding that innocent construction rule did not apply to defamatory per se statements in letter; questions of fact existed as to the issue of publication and the defendant was not entitled to a defense based on qualified immunity) |
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| Moreno v. DFG, et al. 02 C 4019, 2003 WL 21183903 (N. D. Il. 2003)(Class certified under federal WARN statute on behalf of factory workers who claimed they were not given proper WARN notice. Case settled for approximately $1 million in payouts to former employees.)* |
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| McKinley v. Pratt, 89 C-03564 (S.D.Il.); ($1.2 million jury verdict in favor of injured railroad worker against his former attorney for legal malpractice) |
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Rodriguez v. National City Bank, 08-cv-02509 E.D. Pa. Guerra v. GMAC, 2:08-cv-1297-LDD E.D. Pa ; Doiron v. HSBC, 2:08-at-302, E.D. Cal.; Barrett v. Option One Mortgage, 08-cv-10157 Dist. Mass; Lopez v. Long Beach Mortgage, and Washington Mutual, 08-10279 Dist. Mass; Payares v. J.P. Morgan Chase, 07-05540 Central Dist Cal. Southern Division; In re: Wells Fargo Mortgage Lending Practice Litigation, 08-CV-01930 MMC N.D. Cal.; Steele v. GE Money Bank, 08-cv-1880, N.D. IL.
(Class counsel, with team of law firms, in a series of nationwide class action cases alleging that mortgage lenders discriminated against minority borrowers in the pricing of their loans. Over $20,000,000 in damages have been recovered thus far by way of settlement.) |
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Fahad Jafri and HOPE Fair Housing Center v. Chandler LLC and Chandler Condominium Assoc. (N.D. IL No. 11-cv-2421, Dec. 23, 2013) (KT&G recently obtained a settlement valued at $350,000 against a condominium developer and association that sold its building's handicap parking spaces and refused to provide handicap parking to a resident in a wheelchair.)
Options Center for Independent Living v. G & V Development Co., 229 F.R. D. 149, (C.D. Il. 2005) (Fair Housing claim against developer for constructing new housing that was not accessible to persons with disabilities)
Dadian v. Village of Wilmette, Illinois, 269 F. 3d 831 (7`h Cir. 2001) (Court of Appeals affirms a $50,000 jury verdict against Village of Wilmette for refusing to allow a disabled couple to build a handicap accessible home in violation of the Fair Housing Act.)*
Miller et al. v. Spring Valley Properties et al. (Consolidated with) United States v. Spring Valley Properties et al. 202 F.R.D. 244 (C. D. Il. 2001) (Certified class action in the Central District of Illinois, against the owners and managers of 200 units of scattered rental housing, alleging racial steering and discrimination in the Danville, Illinois area, resulted in settlement of over $400,000 to class.)*
Alliance for the Mentally Ill. v. City of Naperville, 923 F. Supp. 1057 (N.D.Il. 1995)(Action on behalf of group home for mentally disabled; court found city’s fire prevention code discriminated against the disabled and the city failed to make reasonable accommodation for group home residents.)*
HOPE Fair Housing Center et al. v. City of Elgin, Illinois (HUD No. 05-00-1465) (Administrative class fair housing complaint on behalf of all Hispanic residents of the City of Elgin, alleging discriminatory enforcement of the Village Property Maintenance Code on the basis of national origin.)
Ronald and Darlene Wooton and South Suburban Housing Center v. Cecil and Patrice Timmons, HUD ALJ No. 5-98-1000-8, 05-98-1476-8, (11/2000) (Administrative Law Judge awards complainants a total of $60,000 in emotional injury damages plus civil penalties of $10,000 and attorneys’ fees after determining that respondents failed to rent an apartment to complainants because of the race of their young child.)*
Waterman v. Maple Point Towers Apartments et al. (HUD No. 05-98-1245-8) (Fair Housing Amendments Act case resulting in substantial accessibility retrofitting of 175 unit building financed through IHDA tax credits.)
Access Living et. al. v. Habitat et. al. (Multiparty action against public housing receiver to require retrofitting of newly constructed CHA housing.)
Wilstein v. San Tropai Condominium Association et al., 189 F.R.D. 371 (N.D. IL 1999) (Fair Housing and retaliation action against a condominium association for failure to provide handicap accessible parking and maintenance of hostile environment.)
Kroman v. Ballard Point Condominium Association, 99 C1432 (N.D. IL 1999) (Fair Housing and ADA case against a condominium association for failure to provide accessible parking to 700 unit complex.)
Simovitts v. Chaticleer Condoinium Assoc., 933 F. Supp. 1394 (N.D. IL 1996) Bench verdict for plaintiff involving refusal of Condominium Association to allow sale of condominiums to families with children.)*
South Suburban Housing Center v. Town & Country Apartments (Race discrimination in housing case litigated along with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department which resulted in $310,000.00 recovery for plaintiffs and Affirmative Marketing requirements for previously segregated apartment complex.)
Brendia Whyte and Interfaith Housing Center v. Cannestrini et. al. (N.D. IL 1993) ($75,000.00 jury award, in addition to $60,000.00 settlement from realtor, on behalf of African-American couple denied the right to rent housing because of their race.)
Concerned Tenants of Indian Trails Apartments v. Indian Trails Apartments, 496 F. Supp 522 (N.D. IL. 1980) (Housing Discrimination case alleging that the owners and managers of large multi-family apartment buildings violated Fair Housing Act by reducing the level of services and facilities provided to the apartment complex when the racial composition of the property changed.)* |
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