A former employee has filed a lawsuit against his previous employer, alleging a series of labor law violations. Michael Vinson initiated the complaint on April 9, 2025, in the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara against LQDX, Inc., doing business as Averatek Corporation, and its Chief Executive Chairman, Scott Meikle.
The case revolves around allegations that LQDX failed to pay Vinson his full wages in a timely manner during his employment and upon his resignation. According to the complaint, LQDX faced financial difficulties in 2023 and informed employees that it could not pay their full wages on time. Despite promises to pay outstanding wages with interest and penalties once funds were available, these payments were not made. Vinson claims he was underpaid by $6,980.75 for several checks issued between January and April 2023. Additionally, an "off the books" payment further shortchanged him by $1,396.15. The plaintiff alleges that even after resigning on April 24, 2023, he did not receive all due wages within the legally required seventy-two hours.
Vinson accuses LQDX of multiple legal violations including failure to pay wages (Cal. Lab. Code §§ 204 and 219), failure to pay wages upon resignation (Cal. Lab. Code §§ 202 and 203), failure to provide accurate wage statements (Cal. Lab. Code § 226(e)), fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of contract regarding his employment agreement, and engaging in unfair business practices (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq.). He asserts that despite fulfilling his contractual obligations since joining LQDX in December 2011 with an annual salary agreement of $180,000 plus benefits and stock options, the company breached this contract by failing to remit full payments.
In seeking justice from the court, Vinson requests various forms of relief including punitive damages for willful misconduct by LQDX and its executives; compensatory damages for unpaid wages; statutory penalties; restitution; injunctive relief prohibiting further unfair practices; attorneys' fees; costs incurred during litigation; interest on unpaid amounts at ten percent per annum as stipulated under California Labor Code §218.6; general damages according to proof presented at trial along with any other equitable remedies deemed appropriate by law or equity courts alike.
Representing Michael Vinson are attorneys John-Paul S Deol and Michael R Fleming from Dhillon Law Group Inc., while Judge presiding over this matter is yet unnamed under Case ID: 250463043.