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Commercial Union Insurance Company

26 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (20002008)

30 trusted published court opinions analyzed; 28 map to 26 distinct cases

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Commercial Union Insurance Company as an employer in 26 distinct federal employment cases between 2000 and 2008.

Of the 30 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 13 ended in a ruling for the worker, 11 ended in a ruling for the employer, 5 had a mixed result, and 1 were sent back to a lower court.

Plaintiffs won 13 of 29 adjudicated opinions (45%).

The most common claims on record were Breach Of Contract, Wrongful Termination, and Failure To Accommodate.

Cases were filed across 3 states, most often in NY.

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.

30
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 26 distinct cases.

45%
Plaintiff Win Rate

13 of 29 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.

Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.

$7,757,983
Avg Reported Recovery (6 opinions)

Positive amounts in plaintiff-win, mixed-outcome, or settlement opinions only. AI-extracted; amounts may not equal money paid.

3
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

Commercial Union Insurance Company appears in 30 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

Beals v. Commercial Union Insurance (2004) — Plaintiff Win. Read the ruling.

Scaffidi v. Commercial Union Ins. Co., Unpublished Decision (1-12-2000) (2000) — Mixed Result. This case involved a dispute between an employee named Scaffidi and Commercial Union Insurance Company. Scaffidi sued the insurance company claiming breach of contract, fraud, and wrongful termination. The specific details of what led to the termination and contract disputes aren't clear from the available information. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Breach of Contract (19 of 30), Wrongful Termination, Failure to Accommodate. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination and Failure to Accommodate.

Published opinions span New York (2), Rhode Island (1), Connecticut (1). New York is an EEOC deferral state, which extends the federal Title VII / ADA / ADEA filing deadline from 180 to 300 days. Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. New York rulings, Rhode Island rulings and Connecticut rulings.

These published opinions sit within the insurance sector, where claims-adjuster wage-and-hour disputes, age-discrimination, and whistleblower-retaliation claims are most common.

Opinion Outcomes

Plaintiff Win
13 (43%)
Defendant Win
11 (37%)
Mixed Result
5 (17%)
Remanded
1 (3%)

Opinion Stages

30 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
15 (50%)
Summary judgment
10 (33%)

Of the 10 summary-judgment opinions, 3 ended the case in Commercial Union Insurance Company’s favor and 7 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
4 (13%)
Trial verdict
1 (3%)
What do these stages mean?
Appeal
A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.
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.
Trial verdict
A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.

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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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

public court records

One row per court+docket case · written opinions stay grouped inside their case · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. Commercial Union Ins. Co., 23585 (6-30-2008)
Ohio Ct. App. · Jun 2008 · Breach of Contract
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Lord
2nd Circuit · Mar 2007 · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. Commercial Union Insurance
MASSSUPERCT · Dec 2006 · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. Pesante
1st Circuit · Aug 2006
Defendant Win
Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Employee
MASSSUPERCT · Oct 2005 · Breach of Contract
3 opinionsPlaintiff Win
Employee v. Lord
D. Conn. · Oct 2005 · Connecticut · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. Pesante
D.R.I. · Mar 2005 · Rhode Island
Defendant Win
Employee v. Commercial Union Insurance
Mass. App. Ct. · May 2004 · Breach of Contract
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Commercial Union York Ins. Co.
MESUPERCT · Aug 2003 · Breach of Contract
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Lines
S.D.N.Y. · Dec 2002 · New York
Defendant Win
Employee v. Commercial Union York Ins. Co.
MESUPERCT · Sep 2002
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Commercial Union Insurance
Conn. App. Ct. · Aug 2002 · Breach of Contract
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Commercial Union Insurance Co.
Cal. Supreme · Aug 2002 · Breach of Contract
Plaintiff Win
Mattiola Construction Corp. v. Employee
PACTCOMPLPHILAD · Mar 2002 · Breach of Contract
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Commercial Union Insurance
Mass. App. Ct. · Aug 2001
Defendant Win
Employee v. Coml. Union Ins., No. Cv 95 0565691 S (Jul. 18, 2001)
Conn. Super. Ct. · Jul 2001 · Breach of Contract
Remanded
Employee v. Commercial Union-York Ins. Co.
MESUPERCT · Jul 2001 · Breach of Contract
Mixed Result
Employee v. Commercial Union-York Ins.
MESUPERCT · Jun 2001 · Negligence
Mixed Result
Employee v. Commercial Union Insurance Co.
Minn. Ct. App. · Nov 2000
Defendant Win
Employee v. Commercial Union Insurance
Conn. App. Ct. · Oct 2000
Plaintiff Win
Quigg Brothers-Schermer, Inc. v. Employee
9th Circuit · Sep 2000 · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. Commercial Union Insurance Company
9th Circuit · Sep 2000 · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. Commercial Union Insurance
Conn. · Aug 2000 · Breach of Contract
Plaintiff Win
International Multifoods Corp. v. Employee
S.D.N.Y. · Jun 2000 · New York · Breach of Contract
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Commercial Union Ins.
Cal. Ct. App. · May 2000 · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
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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.