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.
Objections to magistrate's decision overruled in workers compensation original action brought by injured worker. No abuse of discretion by Industrial Commission of Ohio in denying ongoing psychological counseling recommended by psychologist professional who was not a psychiatrist. Issue of the…
Nonprofit Corporation Act, statutory interpretation, termination of membership
Workers' compensation compensability of injury employer-funded disability payment credit Industrial Commission's authority to amend deputy commissioner's opinion and award issue preservation
The defendant-union, CCRI Educational Support Professional Association/NEARI, appealed to the Supreme Court after a justice of the Superior Court vacated an arbitration award that had reinstated the grievant, Michael Crenshaw, to his position as a Campus Police Officer for the plaintiff, the…
Judgment affirmed. The trial court did not err when it granted summary judgment in favor of appellee. Under Ohio's borrowing statute, R.C. 2305.03, and controlling choice of law principles, Tennessee law applied to appellant's wrongful termination claims. Consequently, appellant's claims were…
Last injurious exposure Average weekly wage calculation North Carolina Full Industrial Commission authority to amend an award
Summary judgment/Employer intentional tort/Spoliation of evidence/Property claims
discipline of state employee unacceptable personal conduct tardiness and absences ALJ review of agency decision just cause for discipline.
Employment at-will Defamation
Unemployment compensation just cause to quit failure to pay as promised. UCRC's decision finding no just cause to quit and disallowing employee's unemployment compensation benefits was against the manifest weight of the evidence. Hearing officer's decision improperly found that employee's failure…
Because some evidence in the record supports the commission finding relator is medically capable of engaging in sustained remunerative employment of a sedentary nature and the relevant nonmedical disability factors do not preclude relator from currently engaging in such employment, the fact that…
Arbitration award, collective bargaining agreement, police officer, public policy. The arbitration award modifying a police officer's termination to a substantial suspension, without back pay and benefits, drew its essence from the collective bargaining agreement, was not unlawful, arbitrary, or…
Trial court did not err by granting motion for judgment on the pleadings on claim for wrongful termination. Construing the material allegations contained in the complaint as true and in favor of appellant, the trial court properly concluded that appellant was a casual or day-to-day substitute…
Unemployment compensation/Whether quit with just cause
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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.