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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 729 published rulings we track here (1974–2026), 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 729 published rulings we track in the Eleventh Circuit.

Defendant Win
328 (45%)
Dismissed
123 (17%)
Plaintiff Win
113 (16%)
Settlement
63 (9%)
Mixed Result
59 (8%)
Remanded
43 (6%)

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 726 rulings we could classify by stage were decided.

Appeal
227 (31%)

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
165 (23%)

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 165 summary-judgment rulings here, 128 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 37 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
223 (31%)

An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.

Trial verdict
18 (2%)

A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.

Settlement / consent decree
64 (9%)

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
26 (4%)

A decision entered because one side did not respond to the case at all.

Other rulings
3 (0%)

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

Alam

Jul 13, 2021S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Raskin

Jul 12, 2021S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Brown

Jul 9, 2021M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Shropshire

Jul 9, 2021M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Stern

Jul 8, 2021M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Kruse

Jun 25, 2021M.D. Fla.Remanded

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. NDI Office Furniture, LLC

Jun 25, 2021N.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

Ullom

Jun 11, 2021M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Williams v. Home Advantage Humana

Jun 1, 2021M.D. Fla.Dismissed

BREZENSKI

May 21, 2021S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Flores

May 12, 2021M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Espinoza

Apr 27, 2021S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Jones

Apr 22, 2021N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Tran

Apr 19, 2021M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Margaret Henderson v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

Apr 14, 202111th CircuitDefendant Win

Pineda

Apr 8, 2021N.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

DUNN

Apr 6, 2021M.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Armstead

Mar 22, 2021N.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

Hernandez

Mar 19, 2021S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Anastos

Mar 17, 2021N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Carr

Mar 15, 2021N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Buckhanon

Feb 19, 2021M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Gimeno

Feb 17, 2021S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

King

Feb 16, 2021S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Woronec

Feb 12, 2021M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

A.

Feb 12, 2021M.D. Fla.Settlement

Macke

Feb 2, 2021M.D. Fla.Settlement

Adams

Jan 27, 2021N.D. Ga.Dismissed

Mosiejute

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

Compton

Jan 19, 2021M.D. Fla.Settlement

Vazquez

Jan 9, 2021M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Serna

Jan 8, 2021M.D. Fla.Settlement

Parks

Jan 8, 2021M.D. Fla.Settlement

Dorest

Dec 27, 2020S.D. Fla.Remanded

Caiazza

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

Sommerville

Dec 22, 2020N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

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

Dec 21, 202011th CircuitDismissed

Hyslop

Dec 18, 2020M.D. Fla.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

Ullom

Dec 11, 2020M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Owens

Dec 9, 2020M.D. Fla.Settlement

Lewis

Dec 7, 2020M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Yelling

Dec 2, 2020N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

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

Dec 1, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

ESPEJO

Nov 30, 2020S.D. Fla.Settlement

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

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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.