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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

Mid-Continent Company v. Adams Homes of Northwest Florida Inc.

Feb 13, 201811th CircuitRemanded

Dezso Benedek v. Micheal F. Adams

Feb 12, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Crowley Mar. Corp. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburg, PA

Feb 8, 2018M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Steinar Myhre v. Seventh-Day Adventist Church Reform Movement American Union International Missionary Society

Jan 2, 201811th CircuitDismissed

Danielle Lejeune v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh

Dec 18, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Catastrophe Management Solutions

Dec 5, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Catastrophe Management Solutions

Dec 5, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Adams

Nov 17, 2017M.D. Fla.Remanded

Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor v. Robert N. Preston

Oct 12, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor v. Robert N. Preston

Oct 12, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Bauman Ex Rel. Sumner v. Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Oct 10, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Deandre Russell v. Redstone Federal Credit Union

Oct 3, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Family Medicine Pharmacy, LLC v. Impax Laboratories, Inc.

Sep 29, 2017S.D. Ala.Settlement

Terrance D. Durr v. Adams Beverages, Inc.

Sep 28, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

G4S Secure Solutions Inc. v. NLRB

Sep 1, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Kathleen N. Pedro v. Transunion LLC

Aug 24, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Veolia Transportation Services, Inc. v. United Transportation Union

Aug 16, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

BioHealth Medical Laboratory, Inc. v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company

Aug 14, 201711th CircuitMixed Result

Ismael Lozada v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

Jul 31, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Francisco Estrada v. D. Montalvo

Jul 14, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor v. Action Electric Company

Jul 13, 201711th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Snipes

Jul 11, 2017S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Ada A. Gonzalez v. Alfredo E. Gonzalez

Jun 2, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Noy Hadar v. Broward County

May 31, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Orlando Estrada v. FTS USA, LLC

May 30, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

WestRock RKT Company v. Pace Industry Union - Management Pension Fund

May 16, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Southern Pan Services v. U.S. Department of Labor

Apr 11, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Bryan O. Crane v. Secretary of Labor

Mar 29, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Film Allman, LLC v. Secretary of Labor

Mar 20, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Labor Solutions of Al LLC

Mar 17, 2017N.D. Ala.Dismissed

Brown

Feb 17, 2017N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Adams

Feb 14, 2017N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Alabama Municipal Workers Compensation Fund, Inc. v. P.R. Diamond Products, Inc.

Feb 14, 2017N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. West Customer Management Group. LLC

Jan 31, 201711th CircuitMixed Result

Harley Marine Services, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Labor

Jan 26, 201711th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Kenneth Klein v. Floranada Warehouse and Storage, Inc.

Jan 26, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Adam Sapp v. U.S. Attorney General

Jan 19, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Adams

Jan 17, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

William H. Jones, Jr. v. National Labor Relations Board

Jan 13, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Transunion Risk and Alternative Data Solutions, Inc. v. Surya Challa

Jan 12, 201711th CircuitDefendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Catastrophe Management Solutions

Dec 13, 201611th CircuitDefendant Win

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Joseph's Hospital, Inc.

Dec 7, 201611th CircuitMixed Result

Adams v. Sheriff of Palm Beach County

Nov 22, 201611th CircuitPlaintiff Win

G4S Regulated Security Solutions v. National Labor Relations Board

Nov 21, 201611th CircuitDefendant Win

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Oct 3, 201611th CircuitRemanded

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Catastrophe Management Solutions

Sep 15, 201611th CircuitDefendant Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Gaylord Chemical Co.

Jun 3, 201611th CircuitPlaintiff Win

NLRB v. Gaylord Chemical Company, LLC

Jun 3, 201611th CircuitMixed Result

Karen Savage v. Secure First Credit Union

May 25, 201611th CircuitRemanded

Iliana Guadalupe Alonzo-Rivera v. U.S. Attorney General

May 20, 201611th CircuitMixed Result

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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.