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Employment Rulings in the Eleventh Circuit

The Eleventh Circuit covers the federal courts in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.

Of the 1,807 published rulings we track here (19682026), the breakdowns below show how they were decided. They describe published opinions only — not the odds of any particular situation.

How These Rulings Ended

Of the 1,807 published rulings we track in the Eleventh Circuit.

Defendant Win
782 (43%)
Dismissed
300 (17%)
Plaintiff Win
278 (15%)
Mixed Result
240 (13%)
Remanded
149 (8%)
Settlement
58 (3%)

What Happens at Each Stage

A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 1,761 rulings we could classify by stage were decided.

Appeal
772 (44%)

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
331 (19%)

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.

Of the 331 summary-judgment rulings here, 229 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 102 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
520 (30%)

An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.

Trial verdict
47 (3%)

A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.

Settlement / consent decree
58 (3%)

The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.

Default judgment
15 (1%)

A decision entered because one side did not respond to the case at all.

Other rulings
18 (1%)

Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.

States in This Circuit

Browse rulings from courts in each state the Eleventh Circuit covers.

Recent Rulings in the Eleventh Circuit

Alonso

May 17, 2022M.D. Fla.Dismissed

H.

May 12, 2022N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Akridge

May 12, 2022M.D. Ala.Settlement

Errickson

May 11, 2022M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Frame

May 2, 2022S.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Stapler

Apr 29, 2022M.D. Ala.Dismissed

Walker

Apr 19, 2022S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Saldana

Apr 19, 2022M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Stuckey

Apr 19, 2022N.D. Ala.Dismissed

Lisenby

Apr 12, 2022M.D. Ala.Settlement

Ray

Apr 11, 2022S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Pettaway

Apr 11, 2022M.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Erika L. McNamara v. Government Employees Insurance Company

Apr 5, 202211th CircuitRemanded

McDonough

Mar 31, 2022S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Devendra Gummala v. U.S. Department of Labor

Mar 25, 202211th CircuitDefendant Win

Frankel

Mar 24, 2022M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Mastronardi

Mar 23, 2022N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Adams

Mar 22, 2022S.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Kimble

Mar 21, 2022N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Government Employees Insurance Co. v. The Right Spinal Clinic, Inc.

Mar 11, 2022M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Wade

Mar 11, 2022M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Torres

Mar 10, 2022M.D. Fla.Remanded

Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Glassco Inc.

Mar 9, 2022M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Grantham

Mar 7, 2022S.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.

Mar 3, 2022S.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Wiggins

Mar 3, 2022M.D. Ala.Settlement

Tomlinson

Feb 28, 2022M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

AM/NS Calvert, LLC v. United Steel, Paper, and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union

Feb 24, 2022S.D. Ala.Dismissed

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. University Of Miami

Feb 18, 2022S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Wilkie

Feb 17, 2022M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Hornady

Feb 17, 2022S.D. Ala.Remanded

Medley

Feb 16, 2022M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

AIR FORCE OFFICER v. AUSTIN

Feb 15, 2022M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Fields

Feb 9, 2022M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Blandon

Feb 8, 2022M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Meurer

Feb 3, 2022N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Adams

Jan 31, 2022S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Morales

Jan 18, 2022M.D. Fla.Settlement

Patterson

Dec 20, 2021M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Frankel

Dec 17, 2021M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Jennings

Dec 16, 2021M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Winslow

Dec 6, 2021S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Del Toro v. Magnum Construction Services, Inc.

Nov 23, 2021S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Montefu Acosta v. Miami-Dade County

Nov 23, 2021S.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Carter

Nov 23, 2021M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Navy Seal 1 v. Austin

Nov 22, 2021M.D. Fla.Remanded

Amore

Nov 19, 2021M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

APONTE

Nov 5, 2021M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Kimberly Regenesis, LLC v. Lee County, a Florida political subdivision

Oct 29, 2021M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

C.C.

Oct 29, 2021M.D. Ala.Dismissed

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These figures summarize publicly available published court opinions only. Published opinions over-represent summary-judgment rulings (decisions made without a trial) and appeals, because those are the stages where judges most often write formal opinions. Most workplace disputes settle privately and never appear here at all. A ruling’s outcome reflects many case-specific factors and is not a prediction for any other situation. Read more about how we source and classify rulings.

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 classification of outcomes and case stages is based on automated analysis and may not reflect the full scope of each case.