American Red Cross
8 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (2002–2024)
6 trusted published court opinions across 5 distinct cases
What public court records show
In public federal court records, American Red Cross is named as a defendant in 8 federal cases coded as employment matters between 2002 and 2024.
Of the 6 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 2 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 were dismissed, 1 settled, and 1 had a mixed result.
The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination, Retaliation, and Wage Theft.
Cases were filed across 5 states, most often in NC.
These figures summarize publicly available U.S. federal court records only. Most workplace disputes are resolved privately and never appear in litigation. A case outcome reflects many factors and is not a finding that any employer violated the law.
Written decisions across 5 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
American Red Cross appears in 6 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Buford v. American Red Cross (2024) — Mixed Result. This case involved a worker named Buford who sued the American Red Cross for discrimination. While the court document excerpt doesn't provide specific details about what type of discrimination was alleged or the circumstances that led to the lawsuit, Buford claimed the organization treated them unfairly based on a prot… Read the ruling.
SHARIFI v. AMERICAN RED CROSS (2023) — Defendant Win. Employee Sharifi sued the American Red Cross, claiming the organization failed to properly pay wages for travel time and overtime work. Sharifi argued these compensation practices violated federal wage and hour laws. Read the ruling.
Fonseca v. American Red Cross (2022) — Defendant Win. A former American Red Cross employee named Fonseca was fired and believed it was wrongful. He sued the organization, claiming breach of contract, wrongful termination, and retaliation. However, Fonseca was part of a union and had agreed to use arbitration—a private dispute-resolution process—instead of going to court. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wrongful Termination (3 of 6), Retaliation (3 of 6), Wage Theft (3 of 6). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination, Retaliation and Wage Theft.
Published opinions span North Carolina (2), California (1), Ohio (1), Pennsylvania (1). Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. North Carolina rulings, California rulings, Ohio rulings and Pennsylvania rulings.
These published opinions sit within the nonprofit sector, where mission-alignment defenses sometimes complicate Title VII analysis.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
6 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in American Red Cross’s favor and 0 let the worker’s claims continue.
What do these stages mean?
- Summary judgment
- A ruling where the judge decides the case — or part of it — without a trial, because one side argues the key facts are not in dispute. For workers, getting past this step is often the biggest hurdle.
- Motion to dismiss
- An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.
- Settlement / consent decree
- The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.
Published federal-court opinions only — most workplace disputes are resolved privately. This is not anyone’s odds, and not a finding that any employer violated the law.
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Claim Types
What these numbers mean
A case is one lawsuit, identified by its court and docket number. The docket is the running court record for that same case — it is not an extra case.
A published opinion or ruling is a written court decision. One case can produce several opinions, so opinion counts and case counts answer different questions. Only trusted, reportable opinions are used in the outcome statistics on this page.
Docket entries are the individual filings inside a case — motions, orders, scheduling notices. We read them to confirm a case is real and to see where it got to, but an entry is never counted as a case or as an outcome. A single case can generate hundreds of entries.
Far fewer opinions than cases is normal. Many employment cases settle privately or close without a published opinion. No opinion here does not mean the worker lost; it means this public record does not show a reportable result.
Everything on this page comes from public federal court records. Where we are not confident a record is accurate, we leave it out rather than guess.
Federal court cases
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Data sourced from public federal court records via CourtListener.com. Case outcomes extracted using AI analysis. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The presence of an employer on this page does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.