The Methodist Hospital
18 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2009–2023)
5 trusted published court opinions across 5 distinct cases · 2 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list The Methodist Hospital as an employer in 18 distinct federal employment cases between 2009 and 2023.
Of the 5 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 2 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 were sent back to a lower court, and 1 settled.
The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination, Breach Of Contract, and Failure To Accommodate.
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.
Written decisions across 5 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
The Methodist Hospital appears in 5 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Debbie Wheeler, Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Larry Wheeler, Kim Adams, and Kristie Stewart v. Methodist Richardson Medical Center and Methodist Health System Foundation (2019) — Remanded. This case involved multiple workers who filed employment-related claims against Methodist Richardson Medical Center and Methodist Health System Foundation. The lawsuit was brought by Debbie Wheeler (representing both herself and her deceased husband Larry Wheeler's estate), Kim Adams, and Kristie Stewart. Read the ruling.
Debbie Wheeler, Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Larry Wheeler, Kim Adams, and Kristie Stewart v. Methodist Richardson Medical Center, Methodist Health System Foundation, and Jose Gutierrez, M.D. (2017) — Remanded. This case involved a wrongful death and medical negligence lawsuit against Methodist Richardson Medical Center, part of the Methodist Health System, and Dr. Jose Gutierrez. The lawsuit was filed by Debbie Wheeler (representing her deceased husband Larry Wheeler's estate), Kim Adams, and Kristie Stewart. Read the ruling.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Methodist Hospitals of Dallas (2016) — Defendant Win. An employee with a disability applied for a scheduling coordinator position at Methodist Hospitals of Dallas but could not work full-time due to her condition. She filed a discrimination complaint, claiming the hospital failed to accommodate her disability and wrongfully refused to hire her. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wrongful Termination (4 of 5), Breach of Contract, Failure to Accommodate. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination, Breach of Contract and Failure to Accommodate.
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 healthcare sector, where employment disputes commonly involve HIPAA-adjacent retaliation, nursing-license issues, and accommodations under the ADA.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
5 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in The Methodist Hospital’s favor and 0 let the worker’s claims continue.
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.
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
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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.