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Employment Rulings in the Third Circuit

The Third Circuit covers the federal courts in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.

Of the 2,094 published rulings we track here (19672026), 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 2,094 published rulings we track in the Third Circuit.

Defendant Win
901 (43%)
Plaintiff Win
333 (16%)
Mixed Result
329 (16%)
Dismissed
318 (15%)
Remanded
170 (8%)
Settlement
43 (2%)

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 2,060 rulings we could classify by stage were decided.

Appeal
880 (43%)

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
357 (17%)

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 357 summary-judgment rulings here, 219 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 137 let the worker’s claims continue; the rest resolved in other ways.

Motion to dismiss
669 (32%)

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

Trial verdict
53 (3%)

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

Settlement / consent decree
32 (2%)

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
40 (2%)

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

Other rulings
29 (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 Third Circuit covers.

Recent Rulings in the Third Circuit

HUANG

Sep 29, 2022E.D. Pa.Defendant Win

KOVALEV

Sep 29, 2022E.D. Pa.Defendant Win

DELUCA

Sep 28, 2022W.D. Pa.Defendant Win

CLAIBORNE

Sep 28, 2022W.D. Pa.Defendant Win

HOLLEY

Sep 28, 2022D.N.J.Defendant Win

FEDWAY ASSOCIATES, INC. v. WINE, LIQUOR & DISTILLERY WORKERS UNION LOCAL 1-D, UFCW

Sep 28, 2022D.N.J.Plaintiff Win

Hitchens

Sep 23, 2022D. Del.Mixed Result

Bone

Sep 20, 2022D. Del.Defendant Win

WILSON

Sep 19, 2022D.N.J.Mixed Result

HESSEIN, M.D. v. UNION COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

Sep 19, 2022D.N.J.Dismissed

Robinson

Sep 16, 2022E.D. Pa.Mixed Result

Duncan

Sep 16, 2022D. Del.Remanded

Canada

Sep 15, 20223rd CircuitRemanded

MCCRUMB

Sep 14, 2022W.D. Pa.Dismissed

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE CO. v. EAST COAST SPINE, JOINT AND SPORTS MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Sep 14, 2022D.N.J.Plaintiff Win

MOSKOWITZ

Sep 13, 2022E.D. Pa.Remanded

LIU

Sep 13, 2022D.N.J.Defendant Win

MARSH

Sep 12, 2022W.D. Pa.Dismissed

BARSODY

Sep 12, 2022W.D. Pa.Dismissed

Palmer v. York County Pennsylvania

Sep 9, 2022M.D. Pa.Plaintiff Win

CARLSON

Sep 8, 2022E.D. Pa.Dismissed

FALCONE

Sep 6, 2022D.N.J.Remanded

WANG

Aug 31, 2022W.D. Pa.Dismissed

PHILLIPS

Aug 31, 2022D.N.J.Defendant Win

MCENHEIMER

Aug 26, 2022W.D. Pa.Plaintiff Win

BOSLEY

Aug 26, 2022E.D. Pa.Mixed Result

WINTJEN

Aug 25, 2022W.D. Pa.Mixed Result

Lincoln v. Apex Human Services LLC

Aug 25, 2022E.D. Pa.Defendant Win

Walsh

Aug 24, 2022E.D. Pa.Plaintiff Win

COLEMAN

Aug 23, 2022E.D. Pa.Dismissed

KNIGHT

Aug 23, 2022D.N.J.Defendant Win

BERKELHAMMER

Aug 23, 2022D.N.J.Defendant Win

HORVEI

Aug 22, 2022E.D. Pa.Dismissed

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. CENTER ONE, LLC

Aug 19, 2022W.D. Pa.Defendant Win

WILLIAMS v. PIEDMONT AIRLINES INC.

Aug 18, 2022E.D. Pa.Remanded

BEDOYA

Aug 17, 2022D.N.J.Defendant Win

Wallace

Aug 16, 2022M.D. Pa.Defendant Win

Cooper

Aug 16, 2022M.D. Pa.Dismissed

Cooper

Aug 16, 2022M.D. Pa.Defendant Win

GREILS

Aug 12, 2022E.D. Pa.Remanded

KELLY

Aug 11, 2022E.D. Pa.Defendant Win

MORGAN

Aug 10, 2022E.D. Pa.Mixed Result

ORTIZ

Aug 3, 2022D.N.J.Dismissed

UPMC MCKEESPORT v. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION NATIONAL INDUSTRY PENSION FUND

Aug 2, 2022W.D. Pa.Defendant Win

NATIONAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH PLAN v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

Aug 2, 2022E.D. Pa.Settlement

Bradley

Jul 29, 2022M.D. Pa.Defendant Win

Allscripts Healthcare, LLC v. Andor Health, LLC

Jul 29, 2022D. Del.Remanded

PEREZ

Jul 28, 2022D.N.J.Mixed Result

Brosey

Jul 27, 2022M.D. Pa.Defendant Win

MOODY v. CONSTRUCTION GENERAL LABORERS' LOCAL UNION NO. 373

Jul 26, 2022W.D. Pa.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.