Wrongful Termination Cases
3,027 employment law court rulings from public federal records (1964–2026)
731 of 2671 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.
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
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Court Rulings (3,027)
R.C. 2711.01, arbitration, R.C. 2711.02, stay of trial pending arbitration, economic duress, procedural and substantive unconscionability. The trial court's grant of appellee's motion to stay the proceedings pending arbitration is supported by the record. Appellant has failed to demonstrate the…
Board of Education, termination of contract, abuse of discretion, referee's report, findings of fact and recommendation, R.C. 3319.16
REPORTED OPINION and ORDER: finding NCIS classified improperly Mr. Shea as FLSA exempt finding NCIS erred in good faith and with a reasonable basis, precluding liquidated damages denying plaintiff's request to reconsider grant of summary judgment to government on willfulness denying plaintiff's…
In this retaliatory discharge action, the plaintiff filed suit against his former employer under both the common law and the Tennessee Public Protection Act. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-304 (2014). The plaintiff claimed that he was terminated for voicing his concerns about, or refusing to…
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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.