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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

Fortune

May 5, 2025M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Nascimben

May 2, 2025M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

STANNARD

May 2, 2025S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Dawn

May 2, 2025S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Allen

May 1, 2025M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Kelly

May 1, 2025M.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

Almonte

Apr 29, 2025M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Hopps

Apr 28, 2025M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Mack

Apr 28, 2025S.D. Ala.Dismissed

Gill

Apr 28, 2025M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Paz

Apr 23, 2025M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Maxwell

Apr 23, 2025S.D. Ga.Dismissed

Chaudhary

Apr 22, 2025S.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Clark v. Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Apr 21, 2025M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Arteaga

Apr 21, 2025M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Miranda

Apr 18, 2025M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Garza

Apr 18, 2025S.D. Ga.Dismissed

LIOCES

Apr 18, 2025M.D. Ga.Dismissed

EASON

Apr 17, 2025M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Bardram

Apr 16, 2025M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Aquino

Apr 15, 2025M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Smith v. Allied Universal (MAG+)

Apr 14, 2025M.D. Ala.Dismissed

BROGAN

Apr 14, 2025M.D. Ga.Dismissed

BROGAN

Apr 11, 2025M.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

DeLuca

Apr 9, 2025S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Petersen

Apr 8, 2025S.D. Fla.Settlement

O'Byrn

Apr 7, 2025S.D. Fla.Settlement

Sosa Claret v. Toscana Pizza & Grill, LLC

Apr 7, 2025S.D. Fla.Remanded

McDonald

Apr 7, 2025S.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Barrientos

Apr 4, 2025S.D. Fla.Remanded

Miller v. Coventry Holding Group, Inc.

Apr 3, 2025N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Watson

Apr 3, 2025S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Quezada

Apr 2, 2025S.D. Ga.Dismissed

MASON v. CARTER I

Apr 2, 2025M.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Bonacor

Apr 1, 2025S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Young

Apr 1, 2025S.D. Ga.Remanded

Gaskin

Mar 31, 2025S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Clower

Mar 31, 2025N.D. Ga.Dismissed

FINCH

Mar 28, 2025M.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Hanley

Mar 28, 2025M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Pankey

Mar 28, 2025M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Volpe

Mar 28, 2025S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Estrada

Mar 28, 2025N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

David

Mar 28, 2025N.D. Ga.Remanded

King

Mar 28, 2025N.D. Ga.Dismissed

Buress

Mar 28, 2025S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Smith v. Osceola County, Florida

Mar 27, 2025M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Jung

Mar 27, 2025M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Johnson v. Russell Investment Management LLC

Mar 27, 2025S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Gill

Mar 27, 2025M.D. Fla.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.