Case Results 

Goodley McCarthy attorneys have had the following litigation successes as lead or co-lead counsel:

• Vox Media, Inc. Wage and Hour Litigation, Nos. 17-cv-1791, 19-cv-160, 20-cv-1793 (D.D.C.) ($4 Million omnibus class/collective action settlement covering over 500 class members in three related independent contractor misclassification suits brought under the FLSA and California and New Jersey law);
• United States ex rel. IBEW Local Union No. 98 v. Farfield Co., No. 5:09-cv-04230 (E.D. Pa.) (judgment of $2,488,474.62 on behalf of Relator and United States in False Claims Act lawsuit premised on Davis-Bacon Act wage violations; judgment affirmed on appeal, United States ex rel. IBEW Local Union No. 98 v. Farfield Co., 5 F.4th 315, 322 (3d Cir. 2021)).
• Behrens v. MLB Advanced Media, L.P., No. 1:18-cv-03077 (S.D.N.Y.) ($1.4 Million class/collective action settlement under FLSA and New York Labor Law, for Plaintiff and a class of over 200 employees for whom Plaintiff alleged Defendant did not properly compensate for all overtime hours worked);
• Carusillo et al. v. FanSided, Inc., et al., No. 1:20-cv-04766 (S.D.N.Y.) ($1.15 Million class/collective action minimum wage/overtime settlement under FLSA and New York Labor Law, for Plaintiffs and classes of over 200 workers for whom Plaintiffs alleged Defendants misclassified as independent contractors);
• Chase. v. Kriger Construction, Inc., No. 21-cv-5174 (Pa. Comm. Pl., Lackawanna Co.) ($475,000 class action unpaid overtime settlement under Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act, for Plaintiff and a class of 190 employees for whom Plaintiff alleged Defendant improperly excluded from the regular rate of pay for overtime purposes, cash fringe payments made for work on public works projects);
• United States ex rel. IBEW Local Union No. 126 v. Joseph B. Fay Co. et al., No. 3:20-cv-00232 (W.D. Pa.) ($400,000 settlement for Relator and United States in False Claims Act lawsuit premised on Davis-Bacon Act wage violations);
• Keyes v. G.E.C. Restaurant Management & Design, et al., No. 2:18-cv-01115 (E.D. Pa.) ($400,000 settlement in FLSA/Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act case, for Plaintiff and a class of over 140 restaurant employees for whom Plaintiff alleged Defendants did not properly compensate due to tip credit violations)
• Albertson et al. v. Intelligent Hardware, Inc., et al., No. 5:21-cv-05371 (E.D. Pa.) ($382,500 settlement in FLSA/NJ Prevailing Wage Act case, for 11 Plaintiffs alleged to have not been paid the prevailing wage and overtime on public works projects in various states)
• $337,000 settlement in FLSA arbitration on behalf of four emergency responders who were classified as overtime-exempt by their employer.
• Kiaunis v. Monro, Inc., No. 2:21-cv-00494 (E.D. Va.) ($250,000 class action unpaid overtime settlement under Virginia Overtime Wage Act, for Plaintiff and a class of over 300 other technicians and auto mechanics for whom Plaintiff alleged were improperly classified as falling within the retail sales exemption);
• Manico v. Lehigh Valley Underground, LLC, No. C-48-CV-2021-04404 (Pa. Comm. Pl., Northampton Co.) ($211,000 class action unpaid overtime settlement under Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act, for Plaintiff and a class of 30 other construction workers who were paid day rate compensation and Plaintiff alleged were owed unpaid overtime);
• Steele et al. v. Lehigh Valley Underground, LLC, No. 5:20-cv-01754 (E.D.Pa.) ($150,000 collective action unpaid overtime settlement under FLSA, for two Plaintiffs 20 other construction workers who were paid day rate compensation and Plaintiff alleged were owed unpaid overtime);
• Curtis v. Genesis Engineering Solutions, Inc.., (No. 8:21-cv-00722, ECF No. 22, (D.Md.) $100,000 class and collective action unpaid overtime settlement under FLSA and Maryland law, for Plaintiff and 38 other class members who were paid straight time wages for overtime hours).
• Juisti v. City of Chester, No. 18-2317, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160595 (E.D. Pa. 2019) (summary judgment dismissal of breach of duty of fair representation suit brought against a labor union).
• Bd. of Trs., Roofers Union Local 30 Combined Health & Welfare Fund v. Hughes Urethane Constr. Co., No. 19-1820, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 204654 (E.D. Pa. 2020) (summary judgment for union benefit funds and against the employer resulting in $225,000 judgment in favor of the funds).
• Int'l Painters & Allied Trades Indus. Pension Fund v. Madison Coatings Co., Inc., No. 17-1559, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 188759 (D. Md. 2019) (summary judgment in favor of union benefits funds and against the employer for $126,353.87 in benefit fund contributions and other damages.