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.
The Unemployment Compensation Review Commission did not err.
The trial court did not err in denying appellant's motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Civ.R. 60(B). Appellant's Civ.R. 60(B) motion was not an appropriate mechanism to challenge the trial court's judgment affirming a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Review Commission denying…
board of Education, termination of contract, abuse of discretion, referee's report and recommendation, R.C. 3319
Mandamus-Public employment-R.C. 3319.081-Writ sought to compel school district to recognize custodian as "regular nonteaching school employee" with continuing-contract status-Writ denied.
Trial court abused its discretion when it reversed the appealable administrative order of the appellant/cross-appellee to terminate the employment contract of appellee/cross-appellant. Judgment reversed. R.C. 3319.16, Administrative appeal to trial court standard of review, a preponderance of…
wrongful discharge, public policy, R.C. 4112.14, age discrimination, Civ.R. 56, visiting judge
CONTRACTS - SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT - CONDITION PRECEDENT: The trial court did not err in failing to enforce a settlement agreement in a wrongful-termination lawsuit where a condition precedent, that an independent advisor must approve the company's employee stock ownership plan's purchase of the…
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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.