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Claim Type

Wrongful Termination Cases

3,027 employment law court rulings from public federal records (1964–2026)

3,027
Total Rulings
27%
Plaintiff Win Rate

731 of 2671 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.

$1,633,051
Avg Damages Awarded (324 prevailing cases)
S.D.N.Y.
Top Court

About Wrongful Termination Claims

Wrongful termination claims arise when an employee is fired in violation of federal or state law, public policy, or an employment contract. While most employment is at-will, employers cannot terminate employees for illegal reasons such as discrimination, retaliation, or exercising legal rights. These cases examine whether the stated reason for termination was pretextual.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win
1346 (44%)
Plaintiff Win
731 (24%)
Mixed Result
353 (12%)
Dismissed
241 (8%)
Remanded
239 (8%)
Settlement
117 (4%)

Top Employers in Wrongful Termination Cases

Employers most frequently appearing in wrongful termination rulings.

Union Pacific Railroad Company
47 wrongful termination rulings
United States Postal Service
15 wrongful termination rulings
Abbott Laboratories
11 wrongful termination rulings
Union Pacific Railroad
9 wrongful termination rulings
Board of Education of the City of Chicago
8 wrongful termination rulings

Court Rulings (3,027)

Grastorf
W.D.N.Y.Nov 17, 2020New York
Defendant Win
Gruttemeyer
D. Neb.Nov 17, 2020Nebraska
Plaintiff Win$242,595.44 awarded
Kelly
E.D.N.Y.Nov 12, 2020New York
Dismissed
Alina Manukyan v. KinderCare Education at Work LLC
C.D. Cal.Nov 12, 2020California
Remanded
MECCA
D.N.J.Nov 10, 2020New Jersey
Remanded
SMITH v. RB DISTRIBUTION, INC.
E.D. Pa.Oct 28, 2020Pennsylvania
Mixed Result
Gucciardo
Ohio Ct. App.Oct 23, 2020Ohio

In non-renewing limited teaching contract, school board conducted three observations of teacher as required by R.C. 3319.111(E) and collective bargaining agreement despite failure of evaluator to assign an overall rating and professionalism rating in second observation form and despite calculation…

Defendant Win
Gonzalez
D. Conn.Oct 23, 2020Connecticut
Dismissed
Price
N.D. Cal.Oct 22, 2020California
Mixed Result
Ronald Pineda v. Abbott Laboratories Inc.
9th CircuitOct 20, 2020
Mixed Result
Hickle
S.D. OhioOct 20, 2020Ohio
Defendant Win
Lesser
S.D.N.Y.Oct 20, 2020New York
Settlement$3,500,000 awarded
Philips
N.D. Cal.Oct 19, 2020California
Settlement$400,000 awarded
Guadalupe Beltran v. Procare Pharmacy LLC
C.D. Cal.Oct 19, 2020California
Plaintiff Win
Kannan
N.D. Cal.Oct 19, 2020California
Defendant Win
MWIMBWA
E.D. Pa.Oct 15, 2020Pennsylvania
Dismissed
ADAMS-BUFFALOE
D.N.J.Oct 14, 2020New Jersey
Defendant Win
Stoddart
E.D. Cal.Oct 7, 2020California
Settlement$10,000,000 awarded
Riley
E.D. Cal.Oct 7, 2020California
Defendant Win
GASPER
E.D. Pa.Oct 2, 2020Pennsylvania
Settlement$75,000 awarded
Strong-Davis
N.D. Ill.Sep 30, 2020Illinois
Defendant Win
Parker
D.S.C.Sep 30, 2020South Carolina
Defendant Win
MacEwen
E.D.N.Y.Sep 29, 2020New York
Mixed Result
Flynn
W.D. Tenn.Sep 29, 2020Tennessee
Dismissed
Dossous
E.D.N.Y.Sep 25, 2020New York
Mixed Result
Baker
D.S.C.Sep 23, 2020South Carolina
Mixed Result
Mauro
N.D. W. Va.Sep 21, 2020West Virginia
Defendant Win
Gunn
N.D. Ill.Sep 18, 2020Illinois
Plaintiff Win$451,888.09 awarded
Martinez
D. Colo.Sep 14, 2020Colorado
Defendant Win
Stovall
S.D. Cal.Sep 14, 2020California
Remanded
Swickheimer
S.D. OhioSep 11, 2020Ohio
Defendant Win
Estate of Mennett v. Stauffer Site Servs., L.L.C.
Ohio Ct. App.Sep 8, 2020Ohio

The trial court properly granted summary judgment where there were no genuine issues of material fact because appellant failed to demonstrate any evidence that the decedent's employer or co-employees deliberately intended to cause his death as is required by R.C. 2745.01.

Defendant Win
Pairan
S.D. OhioSep 8, 2020Ohio
Defendant Win
Cari R. Andrews v. Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc.
C.D. Cal.Sep 2, 2020California
Remanded
TONG
E.D. Pa.Sep 1, 2020Pennsylvania
Plaintiff Win$59,891.38 awarded
Delise Adams v. Memorial Hermann
5th CircuitAug 31, 2020
Defendant Win
Combs
M.D. La.Aug 31, 2020Louisiana
Defendant Win
Rescalvo Vazquez v. Wally's Deli & Grocery Corp.
S.D.N.Y.Aug 28, 2020New York
Plaintiff Win
Perodeau
D. Conn.Aug 27, 2020Connecticut
Mixed Result
Roe
N.D. Cal.Aug 27, 2020California
Settlement$135,000 awarded
Gary Miller v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
8th CircuitAug 26, 2020
Defendant Win
Johns Manville v. United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied Industrial Service Workers International Union GMP Council of the MSW
N.D. Tex.Aug 26, 2020Texas
Plaintiff Win
Willie Hill v. Employee Benefits Administrative Committee of Mueller Group LLC
11th CircuitAug 24, 2020Alabama
Defendant Win
David Deluca v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
N.D. Cal.Aug 24, 2020California
Settlement$5,400,000 awarded
Velarde
S.D. Cal.Aug 21, 2020California
Dismissed
Sheila Broadnax v. Adams & Associates, Inc.
9th CircuitAug 21, 2020
Defendant Win
MacCord Nguyen v. Adams & Associates, Inc.
9th CircuitAug 21, 2020
Defendant Win
Maurice Goens v. Adams & Associates, Inc.
9th CircuitAug 21, 2020
Defendant Win
Rolando Aspiras v. Adams & Associates, Inc.
9th CircuitAug 21, 2020
Defendant Win
Azaria Ting v. Adams & Associates, Inc.
9th CircuitAug 21, 2020
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.