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Volkswagen AG

12 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (20162026)

12 trusted published court opinions across 12 distinct cases

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Volkswagen AG as an employer in 12 distinct federal employment cases between 2016 and 2026.

Of the 12 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 4 were sent back to a lower court, 3 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 settled, and 1 ended in a ruling for the worker.

The most common claims on record were Breach Of Contract and Wrongful Termination.

Cases were filed across 3 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.

12
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 12 distinct cases.

3
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

Volkswagen AG appears in 12 trusted published federal employment opinions. The most recent written decision on record:

Vodonick v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (2020) — Settlement. This case involved an employee who sued Volkswagen, claiming the company defrauded them, broke their employment contract, and wrongfully terminated them. The worker alleged that Volkswagen acted improperly in how they handled the employment relationship and firing. Read the ruling.

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

Published opinions span California (2), Arizona (1), Kansas (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, Arizona rulings and Kansas rulings.

These published opinions sit within the manufacturing sector, where OSHA whistleblower, FMLA, and disability-accommodation claims are most common.

Opinion Outcomes

Remanded
4 (33%)
Defendant Win
3 (25%)
Settlement
2 (17%)
Plaintiff Win
1 (8%)
Dismissed
1 (8%)
Mixed Result
1 (8%)

Opinion Stages

12 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
7 (58%)
Motion to dismiss
5 (42%)
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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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.

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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.