Case Results
Total Settlement
$1.6 million
Race, Retaliation and national origin
$1.6 million dollar settlement in a case filed in the Middle District, Florida in which the EEOC filed suit in a race discrimination and retaliation case. A Consent Decree approving the settlement, in which three clients received $850,000 was signed in August 2024. The case originated with two clients, a third was added, and grew to a class of fifteen (15) after the EEOC filed suit.
Total Settlement
$1,200,000
Sexual Harassment
$1,200,000 settlement obtained in a sexual harassment case involving a handful of restaurant workers.
Total Settlement
$550,000
Sexual harassment
A $550,000 presuit settlement in a sexual harassment case brought against a retail store chain by an individual who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of the harassment
Total Settlement
$250,000
Sexual harassment
$250,000 settlement on the eve of trial in a sexual harassment case filed against an electronics company.
Total Settlement
$850,000
Whistleblower and False Claims Act
$850,000 settlement obtained within three months of a presuit letter being sent on a Whistleblower claim that also had qui tam components for off-label pharmaceutical sales.
Total Settlement
$1.2 million
Severance
The negotiation of a $1.2 million dollar severance package negotiation on behalf of a director of a luxury goods manufacturer. Gary A. Costales has negotiated numerous severance packages.
Total Settlement
$440,000
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
$440,000 settlement in a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) case filed against the City of West Palm Beach in federal court.
Total Settlement
$20,000
Race discrimination and retaliation
$20,000 (twenty thousand dollar) federal jury verdict plus attorney’s fees in the Northern District of Florida, Panama City, in a case brought against a plaintiff who was fired after she refused a hotel’s directive not to rent to African Americans. Judge Smoak presided.
Total Settlement
$190,000
Race discrimination
$190,000 settlement on behalf of two employees of a retail store who had been accused of stealing from the store, race discrimination.
Total Settlement
$250,000
Race discrimination
$250,000 settlement in a wage and hour case filed for time spent off the clock for travel time and writing reports.
Total Settlement
Retaliation
A favorable verdict was reached in Eghbal v. Miami Dade County in which a state court jury found that the Plaintiff had been subjected to unlawful retaliation when he was not selected for promotion. The verdict greatly enhanced the Plaintiff’s pension. We also prevailed after the County appealed to the Florida Supreme Court.
Total Settlement
Noncompete matters
Gary A. Costales P.A. has successfully overturned numerous temporary restraining orders on behalf of former employees, or have had them enforced on behalf of companies.
Defense verdicts
In Siotkas et al v Top Park Communities et al, after a two week trial in federal court in November 2022, a defense verdict was reached on all counts in a same sex harassment and retaliation case brought against two high net worth individuals and numerous corporate entities. The fees charged to the clients were a fraction of what larger firms charge, as per court filings.
Complete defense verdicts in a variety of wage and hour cases were achieved in cases involving : (1) a federal jury trial i involving a psychotherapist who the jury found to be an independent contractor (2) a federal jury trial involving an office manager who sued an attorney and her real estate firm; (3) a federal jury trial against a non-profit located in Miami Beach Florida in which the Court found independent coverage which overcame the eleemosynary exemption (4) a federal jury trial against a tow company in which numerous witnesses testified on behalf of the plaintiff.
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