Waste Management, Inc.
107 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2007–2026)
7 trusted published court opinions across 7 distinct cases · 11 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Waste Management, Inc. as an employer in 107 distinct federal employment cases between 2007 and 2026.
Of the 7 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 5 ended in a ruling for the employer, 1 were dismissed, and 1 were sent back to a lower court.
The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination, Breach Of Contract, and Workers Compensation.
Cases were filed across 4 states, most often in NY.
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 7 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Waste Management, Inc. appears in 7 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Deri-Alvarado v. Waste Management (2024) — Dismissed. Deri-Alvarado filed a lawsuit against Waste Management claiming the company failed to accommodate a disability, retaliated against them for disability-related reasons, and violated federal racketeering laws (RICO). Read the ruling.
Lasser, Richard v. Waste Management, Inc. (2017) — Defendant Win. Richard Lasser worked for Waste Management, Inc. and filed a claim for temporary partial disability benefits after a work injury. The company offered him light-duty work at a rescue mission while he recovered. Lasser refused this assignment and claimed he was wrongfully terminated. Read the ruling.
Waste Management & Indemnity Insurance of North America v. Labor Commission (2012) — Defendant Win. Waste Management, a large garbage collection company, had a dispute with Utah's Labor Commission over a workers' compensation claim. Workers' compensation is insurance that helps employees who get injured or sick at work by paying medical bills and lost wages. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wrongful Termination (2 of 7), Breach of Contract, Workers’ Compensation. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination, Breach of Contract and Workers’ Compensation.
Published opinions span New York (1), Tennessee (1), Utah (1), Arizona (1). New York 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. New York rulings, Tennessee rulings, Utah rulings and Arizona rulings.
These published opinions sit within the broader workplace context.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
7 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in Waste Management, Inc.’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.
- Other rulings
- Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.
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.