Denny's, Inc.
22 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2010–2025)
2 trusted published court opinions across 2 distinct cases · 1 docket-only case without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Denny's, Inc. as an employer in 22 distinct federal employment cases between 2010 and 2025.
The most common claims on record were Wage Theft and Failure To Accommodate.
Cases were filed across 2 states, most often in PA.
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 2 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Denny's, Inc. appears in 2 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
WINTJEN v. DENNY'S, INC. (2022) — Mixed Result. This case involved a dispute between a worker named Wintjen and the restaurant chain Denny's, Inc. Based on the available information, this appears to be an employment-related legal matter that went to court. Read the ruling.
Lindsay Rafferty v. Denny's, Inc. (2021) — Mixed Result. Lindsay Rafferty, a server at Denny's, claimed the company violated wage laws by not properly paying her for non-tipped work duties. As a tipped employee, she received a lower minimum wage, but federal law requires that when tipped workers perform other tasks (like cleaning or food prep), they must be paid the full min… Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wage Theft, Failure to Accommodate. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wage Theft and Failure to Accommodate.
Published opinions span Pennsylvania (1), Florida (1). Pennsylvania 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. Pennsylvania rulings and Florida rulings.
These published opinions sit within the hospitality sector, where wage theft, tip-pooling violations, and sexual-harassment claims are common.
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.