Coyle Browne Law

Previous cases

$15,000,000 Jury Verdict – Nike, Inc. – Equal Pay, Sex Discrimination

On July 22, 2026, a unanimous federal jury of seven men and one woman found Nike, Inc. liable on all counts for sex discrimination in pay and promotions against our client, Heather Hender, in Cahill v. Nike, Inc., No. 3:18-cv-01477…

$43,250,000 Settlement – The Walt Disney Company – Equal Pay Class Action

On December 8, 2025, Judge Elihu M. Berle of the Los Angeles County Superior Court granted final approval of a $43.25 million class action settlement in Rasmussen v. The Walt Disney Company, Case No. 19STCV10974, resolving equal pay claims brought…

$5,000,000 Settlement – PPG Industries, Inc. – Overtime Misclassification Class Action

The Court granted final approval of a $5 million settlement in Talamantes, et al. v. PPG Industries, Inc., Case No. 3:13-cv-04062-WHO, on behalf of Business Development Representatives who serviced Home Depot stores across the country. BDRs were the people keeping…

$800,000 Settlement – City and County of San Francisco – Sexual Harassment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

On March 22, 2019, the firm filed a lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco in California Superior Court, San Francisco County, CGC-19-574719. Allegations: Over a three-year period, our client’s supervisor made sexual comments about our client and…

$600,000 Settlement – City and County of San Francisco – Disability Discrimination, Reasonable Accommodation, Retaliation

On July 19, 2017, the firm filed a lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco in California Superior Court, San Francisco County, CGC-19-559846. Allegations: Three days after our client’s employment with the City and County of San Francisco…

City of Milpitas – Age Discrimination, Retaliation

In 2015, David Browne, alongside co-counsel Kathy Dickson of Dickson Geesman LLP, filed a lawsuit against the City of Milpitas in Santa Clara County Superior Court on behalf of a long-term city employee, alleging age discrimination and retaliation in violation…

Marshall Cromer, East Bay Clarklift, Inc. d/b/a Cromer Material Handling – Discrimination

On December 5, 2018, Devin Coyle and David Browne filed a lawsuit against Marshall Cromer and his company East Bay Clarklift, Inc. d/b/a Cromer Material Handling alleging racial harassment, race discrimination and sex discrimination. This marked the second time in…

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