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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

King

Feb 16, 2021S.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Woronec

Feb 12, 2021M.D. Fla.Remanded

Caiazza

Feb 5, 2021M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Macke

Feb 2, 2021M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Foster

Jan 29, 2021S.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Adams

Jan 27, 2021N.D. Ga.Dismissed

Oakes

Jan 27, 2021M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Huff

Jan 27, 2021M.D. Fla.Remanded

Mosiejute

Jan 26, 2021S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Green

Jan 26, 2021M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Compton

Jan 19, 2021M.D. Fla.Remanded

BATTLE

Jan 8, 2021M.D. Ga.Remanded

Serna

Jan 8, 2021M.D. Fla.Settlement

Parks

Jan 8, 2021M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Serna

Jan 8, 2021M.D. Fla.Settlement

Kim

Jan 7, 2021M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Dorest

Dec 27, 2020S.D. Fla.Mixed Result

U.S. Federal Credit Union v. Gateway Radiology Consultants, P.A.

Dec 22, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

LANGE

Dec 22, 2020M.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Andres Adame-Quintana v. U.S. Attorney General

Dec 21, 202011th CircuitDismissed

Hyslop

Dec 18, 2020M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Dudley

Dec 17, 2020N.D. Ala.Dismissed

STEPANOVICH

Dec 17, 2020M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Fontainebleau Florida Hotel, LLC v. The South Florida Hotel and Culinary Employees Welfare Fund

Dec 16, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

ESPEJO

Dec 15, 2020S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Ullom

Dec 11, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Lewis

Dec 7, 2020M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Mas

Dec 1, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Justin Oltmans v. International Longshoremen's Association Local 1475 Clerks and Checkers Union, Inc.

Dec 1, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Atta

Nov 30, 2020N.D. Ga.Dismissed

ESPEJO

Nov 30, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Murph

Nov 29, 2020M.D. Fla.Dismissed

ORTUETA

Nov 23, 2020S.D. Fla.Settlement

Lopez

Nov 20, 2020S.D. Fla.Settlement

Mendez

Nov 20, 2020S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Carr

Nov 20, 2020N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations, LLC v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Union, Local 9-0952

Nov 20, 202011th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Huss

Nov 18, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Adam J. Rubinstein, M.D., P.A. v. Ourian, M.D.

Nov 10, 2020S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Cooke

Nov 9, 2020N.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

Rodriguez

Nov 6, 2020S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Cummings v. MNR Ramy, Inc.

Nov 6, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Thomas

Nov 5, 2020N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Brooks, III v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Nov 4, 2020S.D. Fla.Remanded

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Excel Hospitality Group, LLC

Nov 4, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Brown

Oct 30, 2020N.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

Waters

Oct 30, 2020M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Florida Council 79 v. GCA Services Group, Inc

Oct 27, 2020M.D. Fla.Remanded

Pepio

Oct 22, 2020M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Devine

Oct 22, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

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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.