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Wage Theft Cases

3,701 employment law court rulings from public federal records (1895–2026)

3,701
Total Rulings
20%
Plaintiff Win Rate
$1,430,326
Avg Damages (645 cases)
S.D.N.Y.
Top Court

About Wage Theft Claims

Wage theft encompasses various violations of wage and hour laws, including failure to pay minimum wage, unpaid overtime, off-the-clock work, and illegal deductions from pay. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage laws establish minimum standards for compensation. These cases may be brought individually or as collective actions.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win
990 (27%)
Plaintiff Win
729 (20%)
Mixed Result
705 (19%)
Settlement
661 (18%)
Dismissed
351 (9%)
Remanded
264 (7%)
Other
1 (0%)

Related Laws

ADA(68)FLSA(20)ADEA(7)NLRA(3)

Top Employers in Wage Theft Cases

Employers most frequently appearing in wage theft rulings.

FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
15 wage theft rulings
Government Employees Insurance Company
13 wage theft rulings
Uber Technologies, Inc.
10 wage theft rulings
Valley Wide Plastering Construction Incorporated
8 wage theft rulings
Labor Ready, Inc.
8 wage theft rulings

Court Rulings (3,701)

Teamsters Union No 142 Pension Fund Trustees of the v. Actin Inc
INNDOct 4, 2021Indiana
Plaintiff Win$115,298.92 awarded
Cisneros
S.D.N.Y.Oct 4, 2021New York
Settlement
Zhang
S.D.N.Y.Oct 1, 2021New York
Defendant Win
Tormall
S.D.N.Y.Sep 30, 2021New York
Plaintiff Win$280,225.62 awarded
Duka
S.D.N.Y.Sep 29, 2021New York
Defendant Win
Marski
N.D. Ill.Sep 29, 2021Illinois
Defendant Win
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. University Of Miami
S.D. Fla.Sep 29, 2021Florida
Mixed Result
Munive
S.D.N.Y.Sep 29, 2021New York
Plaintiff Win
Secretary, Department of Labor v. Gem Interiors, Inc.
S.D. OhioSep 28, 2021Ohio
Mixed Result
Valentin
S.D.N.Y.Sep 28, 2021New York
Settlement
Zambrano
S.D.N.Y.Sep 28, 2021New York
Mixed Result
Seneca Re-Ad Industries, Inc. v. Secretary of the Department of Labor
N.D. OhioSep 28, 2021Ohio
Plaintiff Win
Kumar
S.D.N.Y.Sep 28, 2021New York
Dismissed
Reyes
M.D. Fla.Sep 27, 2021Florida
Dismissed
Ellington
S.D.N.Y.Sep 27, 2021New York
Dismissed
Anderson
D.S.C.Sep 27, 2021South Carolina
Mixed Result
Bisconte
D.N.M.Sep 27, 2021New Mexico
Defendant Win
Moreno Estrada v. Therapy PLLC
S.D.N.Y.Sep 27, 2021New York
Plaintiff Win
Torres
S.D.N.Y.Sep 24, 2021New York
Settlement
Ramirez
S.D.N.Y.Sep 24, 2021New York
Mixed Result
Wager
S.D.N.Y.Sep 24, 2021New York
Plaintiff Win$79,221.62 awarded
Hall
W.D. Ky.Sep 24, 2021Kentucky
Defendant Win
Wager
S.D.N.Y.Sep 23, 2021New York
Plaintiff Win$79,221.62 awarded
Cheng
S.D.N.Y.Sep 23, 2021New York
Mixed Result
Illinois State Painters Welfare Fund v. Ron Ward
S.D. Ill.Sep 23, 2021Illinois
Plaintiff Win$217,640.49 awarded
Drywall Tapers and Pointers of Greater New York Local Union 1974, Affiliated with International Union of Allied Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO v. Efrain Jimenez, Jr. General Contractor Inc.
S.D.N.Y.Sep 22, 2021New York
Plaintiff Win$956.4 awarded
SANABRIA
S.D. Fla.Sep 22, 2021Florida
Settlement$10,000 awarded
Higgins
M.D. Pa.Sep 22, 2021Pennsylvania
Defendant Win
Hoffman
S.D. OhioSep 22, 2021Ohio
Plaintiff Win
Lin
S.D.N.Y.Sep 21, 2021New York
Mixed Result
Ocampo
S.D.N.Y.Sep 20, 2021New York
Defendant Win
Ergin
S.D.N.Y.Sep 20, 2021New York
Plaintiff Win
DAMIANA ROSARIO AS ADMINISTRATRIX FOR THE ESTATE OF JOSEFINA BENITEZ, ZION BRERETON, ALICIA LEARMONT, JAMES CHOI AND ANDREYA CRAWFORD, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Valentino U.S.A., Inc.
S.D.N.Y.Sep 20, 2021New York
Defendant Win
Davis
S.D.N.Y.Sep 17, 2021New York
Dismissed
Pagan
S.D.N.Y.Sep 17, 2021New York
Mixed Result
Farmer
Ohio Ct. App.Sep 16, 2021

Claim for unpaid overtime wages App.R. 9(B) duty to file a transcript. Appellant failed to file a transcript of the trial that is the basis of her appeal. Accordingly, we have nothing to review and must presume the regularity of the lower court's proceedings.

Defendant Win
SCALIA
E.D. Pa.Sep 16, 2021Pennsylvania
Mixed Result
Ameren Corp. v. Illinois Department of Labor
Ill. App. Ct.Sep 16, 2021
Defendant Win$26,762.23 at issue
Robertson
D. Colo.Sep 15, 2021Oklahoma
Plaintiff Win
Andrew
S.D.N.Y.Sep 15, 2021New York
Settlement
Baten
S.D.N.Y.Sep 14, 2021New York
Settlement
Shoults
D. Ariz.Sep 14, 2021Arizona
Settlement
Oglesby
D.S.C.Sep 14, 2021South Carolina
Dismissed
Ramirez
S.D.N.Y.Sep 13, 2021New York
Plaintiff Win
De Los Santos v. Hat Trick Pizza, Inc.
S.D.N.Y.Sep 13, 2021New York
Settlement$45,000 awarded
Trujillo
S.D. Cal.Sep 13, 2021California
Dismissed
Laborers' Pension Fund v. Rai Concrete, Inc.
N.D. Ill.Sep 11, 2021Illinois
Mixed Result
Carmack
N.D. Tex.Sep 10, 2021California
Dismissed
Perez
S.D.N.Y.Sep 10, 2021New York
Mixed Result
Wong
D. Nev.Sep 9, 2021Nevada
Mixed Result

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Data sourced from public federal court records via CourtListener.com. Case outcomes extracted using AI analysis. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The classification of claim types is based on automated analysis and may not reflect the full scope of each case.