6,138 employment law court rulings from public federal records (1964–2026)
1189 of 5525 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.
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.
Employers most frequently appearing in wrongful termination rulings.
Appeal from decision confirming an arbitrator's award and denying a motion to vacate the award. Trial court did not err in finding the grievance was arbitrable and upholding arbitrator's decision to reduce discipline and reinstate the grievants.
The common pleas court did not abuse its discretion on R.C. 3319.16 appellate review when it affirmed the board of education's order terminating teacher's employment. Judgment of the common pleas court affirmed.
Cummings was a deputy sheriff in Arapahoe County. The Sheriff terminated Cummings' employment, asserting that he violated the Sheriff's employee manual (the Manual) and was dishonest during the investigation of the original charges against him. Cummings exhausted his remedies within the Sheriff's…
The Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission (Commission) decided that Plaintiff-appellant's employment termination was for just cause, and, accordingly, that she was ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits. The trial court affirmed the Commission's decision. The record is…
contested case hearing, Whistleblower Act
Dismissal of complaint motion for judgment on pleadings common-law tort for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy Greeley claim unlicensed practice of nursing R.C. 4723.03 reporting Ohio Board of Nursing retaliatory discharge R.C. 4723.341 R.C. 4113.52 jeopardy adequate statutory remedy.…
Plaintiff filed a wrongful termination case on the basis of racial discrimination as well as intentional infliction of emotional distress and retaliation against The Ohio State University. Plaintiff failed to file within the two year statute of limitation and the longer federal time period in this…
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE – COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AGREEMENT – UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE – WRONGFUL DISCHARGE – DISCRIMINATION – JURISDICTION: The State Employment Relations Board has exclusive jurisdiction over a wrongful-discharge claim brought against a public employer by an employee subject to a…
CIVIL - summary judgment Civ.R. 56(C) employment discrimination R.C. 4112.02(A) disparate treatment retaliation R.C. 4112.02(I) nondiscriminatory and pretextual reasons for termination
summary judgment, Civ.R. 56, App.R. 16(A)(7), disability discrimination, R.C. 4112.02, workers' compensation, retaliation, R.C. 4123.90
No error disposing case because no issue of material fact existed to challenge whether employment was governed by CBA no jurisdiction.
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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.