2 employment law court rulings from public federal records (2017–2017)
Ohio Department of Transportation appears in 2 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the public sector, where due-process protections, First Amendment retaliation, and union-related (NLRA / state PERB) claims apply. The set below covers rulings that produced written federal-court decisions; private settlements, EEOC charges resolved without litigation, and state-court cases are not included.
The cases primarily involve Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Retaliation. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Wrongful Termination and Retaliation.
Applicable statutes referenced across these rulings include: FMLA (29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654) — The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year for specified family and medical reasons, with continuation of group health insurance coverage. See the FMLA reference page for filing deadlines, employee thresholds, and remedies. FMLA.
Rulings span Ohio. Ohio 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. Ohio rulings.
Summary judgment Civ.R. 56 wrongful termination gender R.C. 4112.99. The court determined that plaintiff provided no direct evidence of discrimination, and did not plead in her complaint or otherwise provide evidence that she was replaced by a non-protected individual. Finally, plaintiff failed to demonstrate that a similarly-situated person was treated differently than she was. Summary judgment granted in favor of defendant.
State employee with work-related driving privileges did not have his ability to perform his job impaired, especially when his job entailed minimal driving. Further, employee's application for FMLA leave for three months should have been granted. Summary judgment for the Ohio Department of Transportation in ensuing lawsuit was not appropriate.
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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.