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The Stop Wage Theft Lawyers are a group of some of the most successful wage and hour attorneys in America who have recovered over one-half of a billion dollars ($500,000,000.00) on behalf of collective/class action clients in the last few decades, most of which consisted of overtime back wages and liquidated (or “double”) damages.

Stop Wage Theft Lawyers have served as lead counsel throughout the U.S. from New York to California, and numerous states in between, and have obtained some of the largest judgments and settlements in class/collective action cases seeking overtime wages on behalf of employees in almost every industry.

Some of the representative Stop Wage Theft Lawyers back pay recoveries for employees in various industries include:

Restaurant Industry

Cole v. Long John Silver’s – LJS was previously owned by YUM! Brands, Inc., and was one of the first, if not the first, arbitration overtime class actions certified under the American Arbitration Association class action rules involving approximately 5,000 managers and assistant managers across the country, resulting in $43 million dollar award, one of the largest Fair Labor Standards Act wage and hour awards in the history of the AAA.

Belcher v. Shoney’s, Inc. – the Shoney’s Inc. case involved three separate multi-state class/collective Fair Labor Standards Act actions seeking overtime compensation on behalf of hourly-paid and exempt-classified managerial employees of Shoney’s restaurant chains, resulting in $18 million dollar recovery, then the largest known recovery on behalf of restaurant workers in the history of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Meadows v. Krystal Company and Brinkley v. Krystal Company – these lawsuits against the Krystal restaurant company cases were Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions seeking overtime compensation on behalf of a multi-state class of hourly-paid employees, resulting in a $13.84 million dollar recovery.

Walker v. Ryan’s Family Steak Houses, Inc. – this Fair Labor Standards Act collective action on behalf of hourly servers, cooks, and other restaurant workers in which the court denied defendant’s motion to compel arbitration, resulting in a $13.5 million dollar recovery.

Chhibber v. Taco Bell Corp. – this California class action seeking overtime compensation on behalf of Taco Bell managers resulted in a $20 million dollar recovery.

Hoffman v. Sbarro – This Fair Labor Standards Act collective action was filed in New York on behalf of 185 restaurant managers, resulting in an approximately $3 million dollar recovery.
Sarte v. Cinnabon – this California class action sought overtime wages on behalf of approximately 148 bakery managers, resulting in a $1.5 million dollar recovery.
Monaco v. Applebee’s – resulted in a $950,000 dollar recovery for approximately 103 California Assistant managers and Assistant General Managers.

Delivery Drivers/Route Salesmen

Evans v. Coca-Cola – the Coca-Cola case was a California class action seeking overtime pay on behalf of approximately 1,240 account managers resulting in a $20.2 million dollar recovery, then the largest known recovery on behalf of workers in California history challenging the outside sales exemption.

Estrada v. 7-Up – this was a California class action seeking overtime compensation on behalf of a class of 7-Up route salesmen, resulting in a $10 million dollar recovery.
Tyrell v. Coca-Cola – another California state court class action seeking overtime compensation on behalf of approximately 250 cold drink account managers resulting in a $3.3 million dollar recovery.
Parker v. DS Waters and Sariana v. DS Waters – these California state court class actions recovered $3.2 million dollars in overtime back pay on behalf of a class of bottled water delivery drivers.
Eaton v. Coors – a California class action seeking overtime compensation on behalf of a class of route salesmen, resulting in a $2.1 million dollar recovery.

Timeshare Industry

Pierce v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc. – This Fair Labor Standards Act collective action was filed on behalf of approximately 158 timeshare sales representatives in Tennessee, resulting in a favorable trial verdict and subsequent settlement of nearly $12 million dollars in back overtime pay.
Hughes v. Diamond Resorts International Marketing, Inc., and West Maui Resorts Partners, L.P. – the Diamond Resorts case was a nationwide Fair Labor Standards Act collective action and Hawaii state law class action case filed in Nevada against Diamond Resorts International Marketing, Inc. and West Maui Resorts Partners, L.P. on behalf of 1,165 sales representatives resulting in a recovery of nearly $7 million dollars on behalf of class members.
Delara v. Diamond Resorts International Marketing, Inc. – this was another nationwide Fair Labor Standards Act collective action against Diamond Resorts on behalf of 207 Concierges and Marketing Supervisors which resulted in the recovery of nearly $1.2 million dollars of overtime wages as a result of Diamond miscalculating their overtime pay.

Service Industry

Martin v. Olin Mills – this Fair Labor Standards Act collective action seeking overtime pay settled for $4.1 million dollars on behalf of a class of photographers.
Patton v. ServiceSource, Inc. – this class/collective Fair Labor Standards Act action brought on behalf of approximately 1,600 sales representatives, resulting in a nearly $4 million dollars recovery in back overtime wages.
Wims v. Olympus, Inc. – a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action on behalf of 38 technicians, resulting in a $3.5 million dollar recovery.
Snyderman v. Gutterguard and Hermann v. Gutterguard – these Fair Labor Standards Act cases were brought in Georgia federal court and resulted in a recovery of $2.2 million dollars on behalf of a class of gutter installers.
Poole v. Greenway Home Services – this Fair Labor Standards Act case brought on behalf of 47 plumbing, HVAC and appliance repair service technicians resulted in a recovery of $640,000 dollars in overtime wages.
Beaucage v. Roto Rooter – a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action on behalf of approximately 6 hourly-paid service technicians resulting in a recovery of overtime pay totaling $220,000 dollars.

Grocery Industry

Garcia v. Save Mart – California class action seeking overtime compensation on behalf of a class of 150 Grocery Managers, resulting in a $5.5 million dollar recovery.
Todd v. Save Mart – this California class action seeking overtime compensation resulted in a $1 million dollar recovery on behalf of approximately 28 meat and produce managers.

Manufacturing Industry

Jobe v. TRW, Inc. – a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action brought on behalf of 873 hourly-paid factory workers, resulting in a $1.6 million dollar recovery.
Muenzberg v. Essex Plastics – this Fair Labor Standards Act collective action seeking overtime pay for 67 hourly paid factory workers resulted in a $210,000 dollar recovery.

Insurance Industry

Lykins v. First Acceptance Corporation – this Fair Labor Standards Act collective action on behalf of 233 insurance agents resulted in a $3.2 million dollar recovery for overtime pay.

Real Estate Industry

Smith v. MACO – this class/collective wage and hour action on behalf of 101 district managers and property managers resulting in a $3.1 million dollar recovery.
Caldwell v. Nason Homes, LLC – this Fair Labor Standards Act suit brought on behalf of five employees resulted in a $146,000 dollar recovery of back overtime wages.

Health Care Industry

Melton v. Careall Home Health Care – recovered $778,000 dollars on behalf of 182 LPNs in overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Beard v. Rehab America – this Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit resulted in a recovery of $455,000 dollars in overtime wages on behalf of 8 occupational, physical, and/or speech therapists.
Buckley v. Rehab America – in a Fair Labor Standards Act case recovered $280,000 dollars in back overtime wages on behalf of 10 occupational and physical therapy assistants.

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