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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

Hannah

Oct 16, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Hannah

Oct 16, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Jones

Oct 16, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Thornberry

Oct 14, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Cromartie

Oct 14, 2020M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Mardo Alexander Adame-Rodriguez v. U.S. Attorney General

Oct 7, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Ramirez

Oct 1, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Jones

Sep 29, 2020M.D. Fla.Remanded

Spadaro

Sep 29, 2020N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Hannah

Sep 23, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Dudley Teel v. Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Lozada

Sep 23, 202011th CircuitRemanded

Brown

Sep 21, 2020N.D. Ga.Remanded

Jones

Sep 16, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Hamner

Sep 11, 2020N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

David Adams v. Jerry Holland

Sep 11, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Griffis

Sep 9, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Watkins

Sep 8, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

International Fire Protection, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor

Sep 8, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Torres

Sep 4, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Willie Hill v. Employee Benefits Administrative Committee of Mueller Group LLC

Aug 24, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

METROPOLITAN DELIVERY CORPORATION v. Teamsters Local Union 769.

Aug 24, 2020S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Revol

Aug 20, 2020S.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Stephens

Aug 20, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Perez

Aug 19, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Fonte

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

Strnad

Aug 11, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Jorge Adalverto Ramires-Rivera v. U.S. Attorney General

Aug 11, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Corey V. Everglades College, Inc.

Aug 10, 2020M.D. Fla.Dismissed

APONTE

Aug 7, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Perry

Aug 7, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Drew Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County Florida

Aug 7, 202011th CircuitMixed Result

Cromartie

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

Aquino

Jul 21, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Brown

Jul 20, 2020N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Thoms

Jul 16, 2020M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Datto

Jul 13, 2020S.D. Fla.Remanded

Toppins

Jul 13, 2020N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

DeBose

Jul 10, 2020M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Adam LaCroix v. Lee County, Florida

Jul 10, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Joshua Clay Adams v. Huntsville Hospital

Jul 10, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

AL HAFNAWI v. The Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, Florida

Jul 8, 2020S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Gibbs

Jul 8, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Watkins

Jul 7, 2020S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Perry

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

Johnson v. Redstone Federal Credit Union

Jul 6, 2020N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

FAYLE

Jul 2, 2020M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

JOHNSON V. BELL

Jul 1, 2020M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

David P. Peterson, I v. Adam W. Overstreet

Jul 1, 202011th CircuitMixed Result

McConnell

Jun 24, 2020S.D. Ala.Remanded

Adamson

Jun 19, 2020N.D. Ala.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.