Comprehensive guide to Pretext In Employment Termination cases, courts, and legal analysis.
Donovan v. Kirtland Country Club, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on April 13, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Donovan, sued Kirtland Country Club for wrongful termination a...
Fields-Arnold v. Cent. State Univ. Bd. of Trustees, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on March 12, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former professor, sued the university boar...
Mark Smith v. Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on February 27, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Mark Smith, sued his former employer, Steptoe & Johnso...
Taber v. Darden, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 27, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Taber, sued the defendant, Darden, for defamation, alleging that ...
Adolfo Pazmino Lopez v. Mel-Mont Medical, LLC, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 4, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Adolfo Pazmino Lopez, sued the defen...
Akhlaghpour v. Orantes, decided by Ninth Circuit on January 20, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction, holding t...
Choreo, LLC v. Kevin Lors, decided by Eighth Circuit on January 12, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Choreo, LLC...
Texas Health and Human Services Commission v. Brenda Vazquez, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on January 8, 2026, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The plaintiff, Brenda Vazquez, sued the Texas H...
Taye v. Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Corr. Facility, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on January 8, 2026, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. This case concerns the wrongful termination of a juvenile corr...
Ruckman v. Ag-Wise Enterprises, decided by California Court of Appeal on December 29, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The plaintiff, Ruckman, sued Ag-Wise Enterprises for wrongful terminati...
Dibrino v. Rockefeller Ctr. N., Inc., decided by New York Court of Appeals on December 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former employee, sued for wrongful termination an...
Craig v. Bisignano, decided by Fifth Circuit on November 4, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought by Crai...
Grand v. Cleveland Clinic Found., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on October 30, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former employee, sued the defendant hospital for wrongful ...
Ranger v. Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, decided by California Court of Appeal on September 10, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Ranger, sued the defendant, Alamitos Bay Yacht Club,...
Lopez v. Bondi, decided by Ninth Circuit on August 25, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought by plaintiff...
Harrell v. City of Chicago, decided by Illinois Appellate Court on August 19, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former Chicago police officer, sued the city for retaliatory d...
Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, decided by Tenth Circuit on August 1, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Ha...
Handley v. Moore, decided by Ninth Circuit on July 29, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought by Handley, ...
Andrew Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., decided by Ninth Circuit on July 1, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of sum...
Allison v. Dignity Health, decided by California Court of Appeal on June 24, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former employee, sued Dignity Health for wrongful termination a...
Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, decided by California Court of Appeal on May 21, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Bradsbery, sued Vicar Operating for wrongful termination, alleg...
Wetherbe v. Texas Tech University, decided by Fifth Circuit on May 20, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a former Texas Tech Unive...
Restivo v. City of Petaluma, decided by California Court of Appeal on May 20, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former police officer, sued the City of Petaluma and individua...
Daughtry v. Silver Fern Chemical, decided by Fifth Circuit on May 12, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Silver Fer...
Carachure v. City of Azusa, decided by California Court of Appeal on April 15, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former police officer, sued the City of Azusa and individual ...
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