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Waste Management, Inc.

103 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (2007–2026)

3 trusted published court opinions across 3 distinct cases · 11 docket-only cases without a recorded end date

What public court records show

In public federal court records, Waste Management, Inc. is named as a party in 103 federal cases coded as employment matters between 2007 and 2026.

The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination and Workers Compensation.

Cases were filed across 3 states, most often in TN.

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.

3
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 3 distinct cases.

3
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

Waste Management, Inc. appears in 3 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

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.

Local Union 813, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Waste Management of New York, LLC (2007) — Defendant Win. A union representing workers at Waste Management of New York filed a lawsuit after the company fired several employees. The union claimed the firings were wrongful and should have been resolved through arbitration—a private dispute process outlined in their union contract. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Wrongful Termination, Workers’ Compensation. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination and Workers’ Compensation.

Published opinions span Tennessee (1), Utah (1), New York (1). Tennessee 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. Tennessee rulings, Utah rulings and New York rulings.

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

public court records

One row per court+docket case · written opinions stay grouped inside their case · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. Waste Management, Inc.
M.D. Fla. · May 2026
Employee v. Waste Management, Inc. of Florida
M.D. Fla. · Oct 2025
Employee v. Waste Management Collection and Recycling, Inc.
C.D. Cal. · Jun 2025
Employee v. Waste Management Disposal Services of Colorado, Inc.
D. Colo. · Jun 2025
Employee v. Waste Management, Inc.
N.D.N.Y. · Dec 2024
Employee v. Waste Management of Georgia Inc.
N.D. Ga. · Nov 2024
Employee v. Waste Management of Louisiana L L C
W.D. La. · Sep 2024
Employee v. WASTE MANAGEMENT INC. OF FLORIDA
S.D. Fla. · May 2024
Docket closed
Employee v. Waste Management, Inc.
M.D. Fla. · Apr 2024
Employee v. Waste Management of Colorado, Inc.
D. Colo. · Apr 2024
Employee v. Waste Management Inc. of Florida
M.D. Fla. · Dec 2023
Docket closed
Employee v. WASTE MANAGEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Dec 2023
Docket closed
Employee v. Superior Recycling & Waste Management Inc
S.D. Fla. · Jan 2023
Docket closed
Employee v. USA Waste of California, Inc.
E.D. Cal. · Dec 2022
Employee v. Waste Management of New York, LLC
W.D.N.Y. · Dec 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · Nov 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · Jun 2022
Employee v. WASTE MANAGEMENT OF FAIRLESS, LLC
E.D. Pa. · Mar 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. Waste Management Inc
C.D. Cal. · Jan 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. Waste Management, Inc
N.D. Ill. · Nov 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. Waste Management of Kansas, Inc.
D. Kan. · Nov 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. Waste Management of Georgia, Inc.
N.D. Ga. · Sep 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. Waste Management Inc
E.D. Wis. · Aug 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. Waste Management, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · Jun 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. USA Waste of California, Inc.
C.D. Cal. · Jan 2021
Docket closed
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Other court records naming this party

2 published opinions name this party but are not coded with an employment claim. Some are labor, unemployment or workers’ compensation matters whose claim type was not recorded; others are not employment disputes at all. They are not counted in any figure on this page, and no outcome is shown for them.

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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.