Safeway, Inc.
59 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2001–2025)
11 trusted published court opinions across 11 distinct cases · 3 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Safeway, Inc. as an employer in 59 distinct federal employment cases between 2001 and 2025.
Of the 11 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 6 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 had a mixed result, 2 were sent back to a lower court, and 1 ended in a ruling for the worker.
The most common claims on record were Workers Compensation, Discrimination, and Wrongful Termination.
Cases were filed across 4 states, most often in CA.
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 11 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Safeway, Inc. appears in 11 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Zuniga v. Safeway, Inc. (2021) — Remanded. A Safeway employee filed a lawsuit claiming wrongful termination, retaliation, and negligence. The case was initially moved to federal court, but the plaintiff's legal team decided to drop the federal workplace safety claim that had triggered the federal court transfer. Read the ruling.
Flores v. Safeway Inc. (2020) — Mixed Result. This case involved an employee named Flores who sued Safeway Inc., claiming the company discriminated against them because of a disability and failed to provide reasonable accommodations at work. Read the ruling.
Hemphill v. Safeway, Inc. (2006) — Defendant Win. An employee named Hemphill filed a discrimination lawsuit against Safeway, Inc. The case was brought to federal court in Maryland in 2006. While the specific details of the discrimination claim aren't provided in this court document, the employee believed they were treated unfairly based on a protected characteristic. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Workers’ Compensation (2 of 11), Discrimination (2 of 11), Wrongful Termination. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Workers’ Compensation, Discrimination and Wrongful Termination.
Published opinions span California (2), Virginia (1), Maryland (1), Utah (1). California 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. California rulings, Virginia rulings, Maryland rulings and Utah rulings.
These published opinions sit within the retail sector, where wage-and-hour, scheduling, and Title VII harassment claims are the dominant categories.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
11 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
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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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.