2007) (permitting claims by small business consumers alleging fraudulent telemarketing of long distance phone service) In re: NOS Communications, 495 F.3d 1052 (9th Cir.2007) (reviewing trials in cases brought by “downwinders” exposed to radiation discharged by nuclear weapons facility) In re Hanford Nuclear Reservation, 497 F.3d 1005 (9th Cir.2008) (affirming consumers’ right to sue as a class rather than submit to cell phone company’s requirement to make claims individually) 2008) (reversing dismissal of state consumer fraud claims based on federal preemption) Cingular Wireless LLC, 535 F.3d 1053 (9th Cir. 2009) (affirming verdict of retaliation against manager who complained of harassment due to sexual orientation) 2010) (vacating dismissal of class action based on an overly broad release of claims in unrelated class settlement) AT&T Mobility, 174 Wn.2d 333 (2012) (finding that phone company violated tax law by imposing tax surcharge on Washington customers) denied (reversing order compelling individual arbitration of employees’ claims that they were denied meal and rest breaks while working on armored trucks, ordering claims to trial) 2017) (challenging long-standing rule under federal wage law allowing employers to average hourly pay over a workweek in order to meet the per-hour minimum wage requirement)
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326 (2017) (upholding multi-million dollar verdict for armored car drivers who were denied meal and rest breaks on the job) 2017) (holding that victims of discrimination may be entitled under Title VII to an additional award to offset increased income tax from receiving several years of back pay in one tax year). QWest Communications, 874 F.3d 1113 (9th Cir. Xerox Business Services LLC, 191 Wn.2d 751 (2018) (finding call center workers paid by the “production minute” were not pieceworkers and were entitiled to be paid for all time they spent on the job). Garda CL NW, 191 Wn.2d 553 (2018) (reinstating double damages and interest on wage judgement for class or armored car drivers). Johnson has also handled many state and federal appeals, including:
Obtained $1.85 million settlement with Great Western Pacific for over 500 Spanish-speaking restaurant workers.Won a $9 million judgment against, and later reached $12.5 million settlement with, armored car carrier Garda CL NW for over 600 driver/messengers.
Among the cases he has handled in litigation: He has tried many cases, including class action cases, before juries, judges, and arbitrators. He has litigated many federal and state employment discrimination cases, wage and hour disputes, and contract and tort cases, as well as sexual assault, wrongful death, and public accommodations cases. Daniel Johnson represents employees, consumers, and businesses in employment, consumer protection and civil rights cases.