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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

NLRB v. Richmond Health Care

Nov 18, 200811th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. v. Galderma Laboratories, Inc.

Nov 13, 2008S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Secretary of Labor v. South Florida Contractors

Nov 4, 200811th CircuitRemanded

Ironworkers Local Union No. 68 v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP

Nov 4, 2008M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Federal Insurance v. National Union Fire Insurance

Oct 30, 200811th CircuitDefendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Exel Inc.

Oct 10, 2008N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Riad Majali v. U.S. Dept. of Labor

Sep 26, 200811th CircuitDefendant Win

MIRRAS

Sep 16, 2008M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Islamorada

Sep 8, 200811th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Cachia

Sep 8, 200811th CircuitRemanded

Adams

Sep 2, 200811th CircuitDismissed

Yaneth E. Estrada-Pena v. U.S. Atty. General

Aug 14, 200811th CircuitDefendant Win

Autery

Aug 13, 2008M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida Inc. v. Dixie County Florida

Aug 8, 2008N.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Cesar Augusto H. Moncada v. U.S. Atty. General

Jul 31, 200811th CircuitMixed Result

Heritage Corp. of S. Fla. v. NAT. UNION FIRE INS.

Jul 24, 2008S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Rome Electrical Systems, Inc.

Jul 18, 200811th CircuitDefendant Win

Kentish

Jul 16, 2008M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Crenshaw

Jul 15, 2008M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Erickson v. United States Department of Labor

Jul 14, 200811th CircuitDefendant Win

Kari A. Schabo v. Gov't Employees Insurance Co.

Jul 10, 200811th CircuitDefendant Win

Continental Casualty Co. v. Barbara F. Adamo

Jul 1, 200811th CircuitDefendant Win

Boone

Jun 18, 2008M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Michael Hadaway v. Dolgencorp, Inc.

May 23, 200811th CircuitRemanded

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Comcast of Georgia, Inc.

May 14, 2008N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Brown

May 14, 2008M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

National Labor Relations Board v. U.S. Postal Service

May 2, 200811th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Guzman

Apr 29, 2008S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Goya Foods

Apr 24, 200811th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Corstiaan A. Kok v. Kadant Black Clawson, Inc.

Apr 24, 200811th CircuitDefendant Win

Hathaway Development Co. v. Illinois Union Insurance

Apr 18, 200811th CircuitDefendant Win

Patterson

Mar 31, 2008N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

McNa

Mar 12, 2008M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Richardson v. Jackson

Feb 26, 2008N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Chao

Jan 22, 2008N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Shivers v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 349

Jan 9, 200811th CircuitDefendant Win

Neal Everett Nicarry v. Michael Cannaday

Dec 19, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor

Nov 28, 200711th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Fadalla

Nov 27, 2007M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Heritage Corp. of S. Fla. v. National Union Fire

Nov 23, 200711th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Adams

Oct 24, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

George Adams v. Allstate Insurance Co.

Oct 24, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

David King v. National Union Fire Insurance

Sep 17, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

Adams

Sep 10, 2007N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Midlothian Laboratories, LLC v. PAMLAB, LLC

Aug 28, 2007M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Dale M. Thompson v. William W. Adamson

Aug 27, 200711th CircuitDismissed

Adams

Jul 25, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

Schena v. Metropolitan Life Retirement Plan for United States Employees

Jun 29, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

Gilley v. Monsanto Co. Employee Benefits Executive Committee

Jun 28, 200711th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Paul E. Bates v. Islamorada, Village of Islands

Jun 19, 200711th CircuitDefendant 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.