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Employees Retirement System of Texas

27 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (20002024)

50 trusted published court opinions across 27 distinct cases

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Employees Retirement System of Texas as an employer in 27 distinct federal employment cases between 2000 and 2024.

Of the 50 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 29 ended in a ruling for the employer, 12 ended in a ruling for the worker, 6 were dismissed, and 2 were sent back to a lower court.

Plaintiffs won 12 of 47 adjudicated opinions (26%).

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

Cases were filed across 1 state (TX).

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.

50
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 27 distinct cases.

26%
Plaintiff Win Rate

12 of 47 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.

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

1
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

Employees Retirement System of Texas appears in 50 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

Frances E. Lerma v. Employees Retirement System of Texas (2008) — Defendant Win. Frances Lerma worked for the Employees Retirement System of Texas and applied for occupational disability benefits, claiming that a workplace incident caused her disability. She argued that her employer failed to provide reasonable accommodations for her condition. Read the ruling.

Carl M. Patton v. Employees Retirement System of Texas (2007) — Plaintiff Win. Read the ruling.

Carl M. Patton v. Employees Retirement System of Texas (2007) — Plaintiff Win. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Failure to Accommodate (12 of 50), Breach of Contract (11 of 50), Wrongful Termination (4 of 50). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Failure to Accommodate, Breach of Contract and Wrongful Termination.

Published opinions span Texas. Texas 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. Texas rulings.

These published opinions sit within the public sector, where due-process protections, First Amendment retaliation, and union-related (NLRA / state PERB) claims apply.

Opinion Outcomes

Defendant Win
29 (58%)
Plaintiff Win
12 (24%)
Dismissed
6 (12%)
Remanded
2 (4%)
Settlement
1 (2%)

Opinion Stages

50 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
48 (96%)
Motion to dismiss
2 (4%)
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.
Motion to dismiss
An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.

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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States

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. Robin Staples
TXCTAPP15 · Dec 2024 · Texas
2 opinionsDismissed
Employees Retirement System of Texas and Minnesota Life Insurance Company v. Employee
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Sep 2022 · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. Martin Lowy
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Aug 2021
2 opinionsDefendant Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Jun 2021 · Texas
Defendant Win
Employee v. Claudia Gutierrez, Individually and as Next Friend of L. F. G., a Minor
Tex. App.—8th Dist. · Feb 2020
2 opinionsDismissed
Employee v. Board of Trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas and Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Jan 2016 · Texas · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. Cynthia A. Garcia
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Dec 2014 · Texas
Defendant Win
Employee v. M. P.
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Sep 2014 · Texas · Benefits
Remanded
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Jul 2010
2 opinionsDefendant Win
Employee v. Xavier Duenez and Irene Duenez
Tex. · Jul 2009 · Breach of Contract
2 opinionsDefendant Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Apr 2009 · Breach of Contract
2 opinionsDefendant Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Aug 2008
Defendant Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · May 2008 · Failure to Accommodate
2 opinionsDefendant Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Dec 2007 · Wrongful Termination
2 opinionsPlaintiff Win
Employee v. Xavier Duenez and Irene Duenez
Tex. App.—13th Dist. · Apr 2007 · Breach of Contract
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Duenez
Tex. App.—13th Dist. · Apr 2007 · Breach of Contract
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Mar 2006 · Wrongful Termination
5 opinionsDefendant Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Sep 2005
2 opinionsDismissed
Employee v. Leonard Rizzo
Tex. App.—4th Dist. · Sep 2005 · Breach of Contract
2 opinionsDefendant Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas and Group Life and Health, a Division of Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Aug 2004 · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Aug 2002 · Failure to Accommodate
3 opinionsDefendant Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Apr 2002 · Failure to Accommodate
3 opinionsPlaintiff Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Apr 2002 · Failure to Accommodate
4 opinionsDefendant Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Nov 2001
2 opinionsPlaintiff Win
Employee v. Employees Retirement System of Texas
Tex. App.—3rd Dist. · Jul 2001 · 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.