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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%)

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)

Adams
M.D. Tenn.Oct 1, 2019Tennessee
Mixed Result
Bhatti
M.D. Pa.Oct 1, 2019Pennsylvania
Defendant Win
Welch
N.D.N.Y.Oct 1, 2019New York
Dismissed
Squire
Ohio Ct. App.Sep 30, 2019

summary judgment, at-will employment, promissory estoppel, governmental function, implied contract, specific representation, discharge in violation of public policy, civil service, loss of consortium

Defendant Win
Antlitz
N.D. Ill.Sep 30, 2019Illinois
Mixed Result
Gonzalez-Bermudez
D.P.R.Sep 30, 2019Puerto Rico
Plaintiff Win$8,750,000 awarded
Dhaliwal
S.D.N.Y.Sep 29, 2019New York
Dismissed
Taylor
D.S.C.Sep 27, 2019South Carolina
Mixed Result
Taylor
N.D. Ill.Sep 27, 2019Illinois
Defendant Win
Torzewski
N.D. Ill.Sep 27, 2019Illinois
Mixed Result
Brown
E.D. Mich.Sep 26, 2019Michigan
Defendant Win
Charter Communications, Inc. v. NLRB
6th CircuitSep 25, 2019Michigan
Plaintiff Win
Garrick
N.D. Ill.Sep 25, 2019Illinois
Defendant Win
Jelinek
Ohio Ct. App.Sep 24, 2019

Trial court did not err in ruling on appellant's motion to compel or in its determination that appellant's statistical evidence was not probative of discrimination.

Defendant Win
Johnson v. VT Halter Marine, Inc.
S.D. Miss.Sep 24, 2019Mississippi
Defendant Win
Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, LLC v. NLRB
6th CircuitSep 24, 2019Tennessee
Defendant Win
Rebecca Buddenberg v. Robert Weisdack
6th CircuitSep 20, 2019Ohio
Plaintiff Win
O'Kane
E.D.N.Y.Sep 20, 2019New York
Defendant Win
Powell
N.D. Ala.Sep 20, 2019Alabama
Defendant Win
Maurice Buford v. Laborers' International Union
7th CircuitSep 20, 2019
Defendant Win
Maurice Buford v. Laborers' International Union
7th CircuitSep 20, 2019
Defendant Win
Warith
Ohio Ct. App.Sep 19, 2019Ohio

Summary judgment res judicata federal court R.C. 4112.02 statute of limitations retaliation breach of contract R.C. 4117.02 State Employee Relations Board. Trial court properly awarded transit authority and union summary judgment where plaintiff's discrimination claims were previously rejected in…

Defendant Win
Sadat
S.D.N.Y.Sep 19, 2019New York
Defendant Win
Phillip
S.D. Fla.Sep 19, 2019Florida
Dismissed
Calderon
D. Colo.Sep 17, 2019Colorado
Plaintiff Win
Roseman
E.D. Mich.Sep 17, 2019Michigan
Defendant Win
Bazile
D. Mass.Sep 17, 2019Massachusetts
Defendant Win
Hickey
C.D. Ill.Sep 17, 2019Illinois
Defendant Win
Williams v. American College of Education
N.D. Ill.Sep 16, 2019Illinois
Defendant Win
Feuer
Federal CircuitSep 13, 2019New York
Defendant Win
Silveria
N.D. Cal.Sep 12, 2019California
Defendant Win
Southern Bakeries, LLC v. NLRB
8th CircuitSep 11, 2019Arkansas
Mixed Result
Powell
M.D. Tenn.Sep 11, 2019Tennessee
Mixed Result
Tarshis
Ohio Ct. App.Sep 10, 2019

Trial court did not err when it dismissed appellant's appeal of a letter of determination on reconsideration issued by the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.

Defendant Win
Jordan
N.D. Ill.Sep 9, 2019Illinois
Mixed Result
Mehic
D. Mass.Sep 6, 2019Massachusetts
Defendant Win
Menard
S.D. Fla.Sep 6, 2019Florida
Plaintiff Win
The Principle Group, L.L.C. v. Smith
Ohio Ct. App.Sep 6, 2019

REAL PROPERTY/LANDLORD AND TENANT: The trial court erred in holding an owner of a limited-liability company liable to a former tenant under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") where the owner had filed an action for forcible entry and detainer in the owner's name, instead of in the…

Mixed Result
Thomas
M.D. Ala.Sep 6, 2019Alabama
Defendant Win
Oransky
D. Colo.Sep 6, 2019Colorado
Defendant Win
Downing
N.D. Ill.Sep 5, 2019Illinois
Mixed Result
Burroughs
N.C. Ct. App.Sep 3, 2019

unemployment compensation benefits misconduct connected with the work

Plaintiff Win
Cassidy v. Halyard Health, Inc
E.D. Pa.Aug 30, 2019
Mixed Result
Lemon
N.D. OhioAug 28, 2019Ohio
Defendant Win
Fonte
M.D. Fla.Aug 28, 2019Florida
Mixed Result
Adenike Joseph v. Vitas Healthcare Corporation of California
C.D. Cal.Aug 27, 2019California
Remanded
Tasha McNeil v. Union Pacific Railroad Co
8th CircuitAug 26, 2019Nebraska
Defendant Win
Tolano
D. Ariz.Aug 20, 2019Arizona
Plaintiff Win$196,878 awarded
Kahler
D. Colo.Aug 20, 2019Colorado
Defendant Win
CHRISTINE BERTOLINI VS. BOARD OF REVIEW (BOARD OF REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR)
NJSUPERCTAPPDIVAug 20, 2019
Defendant Win

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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.