Claim Type

Retaliation Cases

3,992 employment law court rulings from public federal records (1964–2026)

3,992

Total Rulings

19%

Plaintiff Win Rate

689 of 3680 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.

$1,019,496

Avg Damages Awarded (213 prevailing cases)

D.C. Circuit

Top Court

About Retaliation Claims

Retaliation occurs when an employer takes adverse action against an employee for engaging in legally protected activity, such as filing a discrimination complaint, reporting safety violations, or participating in an investigation. Retaliation is the most commonly filed charge with the EEOC. These cases examine whether a causal connection exists between the protected activity and the adverse employment action.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win

1889 (47%)

Plaintiff Win

689 (17%)

Mixed Result

652 (16%)

Dismissed

450 (11%)

Remanded

274 (7%)

Settlement

38 (1%)

Related Laws

NLRA(314)ADA(32)ADEA(5)OSHA(4)

Top Employers in Retaliation Cases

Employers most frequently appearing in retaliation rulings.

Union Pacific Railroad Company

32 retaliation rulings

United States Postal Service

22 retaliation rulings

Abbott Laboratories

22 retaliation rulings

New York State Department of Labor

17 retaliation rulings

Amazon.com Services LLC

10 retaliation rulings

Court Rulings (3,992)

Gertrude Crisp v. Scioto Ambulance Dist.

6th CircuitJul 17, 2026Ohio

Kushan v. King David Post Acute Nursing & Rehab., L.L.C.

Ohio Ct. App.Jul 16, 2026Ohio

Williams v. Dc Housing Authority Police Department

D.D.C.Jul 15, 2026District of Columbia

Brenyah v. Columbia Hospital

5th CircuitJul 14, 2026Texas

Prince George's Cnty. v. Watts

Md.Jul 13, 2026Maryland

Mixed Result$1,700,000 awarded

Amy DiChiara v. Summit Medical Group, Inc.

6th CircuitJul 13, 2026Kentucky

Farid v. Trustees of Dartmouth College

1st CircuitJul 13, 2026New Hampshire

Sharpe-Miller v. Walmart

10th CircuitJul 13, 2026New Mexico

Mark Lee v. West Virginia University Medical Corporation

4th CircuitJul 10, 2026West Virginia

Combs v. Netflix, Inc.

9th CircuitJul 8, 2026California

Damak v. Super. Ct.

Cal. Ct. App.Jul 8, 2026California

Hernandez v. Blanche

1st CircuitJul 7, 2026Puerto Rico

Shanks v. International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

D.D.C.Jul 7, 2026District of Columbia

Moseley v. International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

D.D.C.Jul 7, 2026District of Columbia

Decloedt v. Radnet Management

Cal. Ct. App.Jul 7, 2026California

Robert Lynn v. Bank of New York Mellon

3rd CircuitJul 6, 2026New Jersey

Lang v. District of Columbia

D.D.C.Jul 6, 2026District of Columbia

Kalipeni v. Family Values at Work

D.D.C.Jul 6, 2026District of Columbia

Brown v. Alphasense, Inc.

D.D.C.Jul 1, 2026District of Columbia

Judson v. Elliott Mgt. Corp.

N.Y. App. Div.Jun 30, 2026New York

Hobson v. Green Finance Authority

D.D.C.Jun 30, 2026District of Columbia

Lopez Collazo v. Ruiz-Feliciano

1st CircuitJun 30, 2026Puerto Rico

Matter of Charter Communications, LLC v. New York State Div. of Human Rights

N.Y. App. Div.Jun 26, 2026New York

Defendant Win$7,500 at issue

Don Gordon v. William Heath

4th CircuitJun 24, 2026Maryland

Sara Dobbins v. Brooke L. Rollins

8th CircuitJun 24, 2026Missouri

Brown v. Transforming Lives, Inc.

DELSUPERCTJun 24, 2026Delaware

Russia Brown v. CTA

7th CircuitJun 24, 2026Illinois

Griffith v. MetroPlus Health Plan, Inc.

N.Y. App. Div.Jun 24, 2026New York

Jeffrey Steidle v. United States Liability Insurance Co Inc

3rd CircuitJun 24, 2026Pennsylvania

Brown v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.

9th CircuitJun 24, 2026Washington

Brenyah v. Columbia Hospital

5th CircuitJun 23, 2026Texas

Starbucks v. NLRB

5th CircuitJun 23, 2026California

Jodi Asay v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations Inc and or New

3rd CircuitJun 18, 2026New Jersey

Voltaire v. Northwell Health, Inc.

N.Y. App. Div.Jun 17, 2026New York

American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio v. Trump

9th CircuitJun 17, 2026California

Jaleelah Hassan Ahmed v. Hamtramck Pub. Schs.

6th CircuitJun 15, 2026Michigan

Mary Ann Moreno, Plaintiff: v. Circle K Stores, Inc. Defendant:

Colo.Jun 15, 2026Colorado

Jeter v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

D.D.C.Jun 12, 2026District of Columbia

Lazarus Coal, LLC v. Abram Scott Adkins

Ky. Ct. App.Jun 12, 2026Kentucky

Plaintiff Win$8,000 awarded

Matter of Smelyansky v. New York State Off. of Gen. Servs.

N.Y. App. Div.Jun 11, 2026New York

David Stone v. Pima County

ARIZCTAPPJun 11, 2026Arizona

Crawford v. Salve Regina University

1st CircuitJun 11, 2026Rhode Island

Gorgia v. Dolan

N.Y. App. Div.Jun 10, 2026New York

Farah Naz v. Chris Wright

D.C. CircuitJun 9, 2026District of Columbia

Johnson v. Bow Wave LLC

D.D.C.Jun 4, 2026District of Columbia

Baseline Energy Services, LP and Baseline Services LLC v. Billy Tom Martin

Tex. App.—13th Dist.Jun 4, 2026Texas

Koudoukara v. Embassy of Mali

D.D.C.Jun 3, 2026District of Columbia

C.S. v. Brick Recycling Company

NJSUPERCTAPPDIVJun 1, 2026New Jersey

Liberatore, G. v. Isolutions Payments

Pa. Super. Ct.May 29, 2026Pennsylvania

Kathleen Hayes v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago

7th CircuitMay 28, 2026Illinois

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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 claim types is based on automated analysis and may not reflect the full scope of each case.