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Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Yardi in Discrimination Case
Patricia LaFleur v. Yardi Systems, Inc., decided by Sixth Circuit on February 27, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment t...
Age discrimination claim fails for lack of pretext evidence
Maccarone v. Siemens Industry, Inc., decided by First Circuit on January 29, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Sie...
First Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Title VII Employment Case
Besosa-Noceda v. Capo-Rivera, decided by First Circuit on January 7, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defenda...
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Title VII Case
Shane Villarino v. Pacesetter Personnel Service, Inc., decided by Eleventh Circuit on December 5, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of...
Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Transit Authority in Wrongful Termination Case
Black v. L.A. County Metropolitan Transp. Authority, decided by California Court of Appeal on December 2, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former employee of the Los Angeles...
Employee fails to prove wrongful termination and discrimination claims
Dennis v. Monsanto Co., decided by California Court of Appeal on November 24, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former Monsanto employee, sued for wrongful termination and di...
Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Disney in Retaliation Case
Willis v. The Walt Disney Company, decided by California Court of Appeal on November 4, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former employee, sued Disney for wrongful terminatio...
Court Affirms Independent Contractor Status Under FLSA
Thomas Smith v. P.A.M. Transp., Inc., decided by Sixth Circuit on September 25, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to ...
Retaliation Claim Fails: Whistleblower Must Show Protected Activity Preceded Adverse Action
Patz v. City of San Diego, decided by California Court of Appeal on August 27, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former police officer, sued the City of San Diego for wrongfu...
Teacher's gender discrimination claim against school district fails
Stephanie Ricketts v. Titusville Area School District, decided by Third Circuit on August 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Third Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summar...
California Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Employer in Whistleblower Case
Holland v. Silverscreen Healthcare, Inc., decided by California Supreme Court on August 14, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Holland, sued Silverscreen Healthcare, Inc. for wr...
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Discrimination and Retaliation Claims
Robert Platt v. Sodexo, S.A., decided by Ninth Circuit on August 4, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a former employee's discrimi...
Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for University in Gender Discrimination Case
Jane Roe v. Marshall University Board of Governors, decided by Fourth Circuit on July 31, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns a former professor's claims of gender discrimina...
Court Affirms Defamation Ruling Against Online Statements
Gogal v. Deng, decided by California Court of Appeal on July 22, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The plaintiff, Gogal, sued the defendant, Deng, for defamation after Deng posted allegedly f...
Tenth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Retaliation Case
White v. Wardley, decided by Tenth Circuit on July 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant, a former e...
Tenth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Employer in Title VII Case
Jenny v. L3Harris Technologies, Inc., decided by Tenth Circuit on July 21, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to L3Har...
ADA discrimination claim fails for lack of evidence of disability
Katrina Beran v. VSL North Platte Court LLC, decided by Eighth Circuit on July 17, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment...
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Employer in Discrimination Case
Nalco Company LLC v. Laurence Bonday, decided by Eleventh Circuit on July 10, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to...
Officer's wrongful termination and defamation claims against city dismissed
Funkhouser v. City of Granite City, decided by Illinois Appellate Court on June 24, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former police officer, sued the City of Granite City and...
Appellate court affirms summary judgment for hospital in ADA case
Johnson v. Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp., decided by Illinois Appellate Court on May 7, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Johnson, sued Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp. al...
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Employer in Discrimination Case
Jaime Vargas v. Lincare, Inc., decided by Eleventh Circuit on April 16, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Linca...
Retaliatory Discharge Claim Fails Due to Insufficient Temporal Proximity
Cole v. Chicago Transit Authority, decided by Illinois Appellate Court on March 14, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former employee of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), ...
Ninth Circuit Denies Injunction for Ex-Employee's ADA Claims
Roshan v. McCauley, decided by Ninth Circuit on March 11, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought by Roshan...
Retaliation claim fails due to legitimate, non-pretextual termination reason
Rodriguez v. Packers Sanitation Services, decided by California Court of Appeal on February 26, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, a former employee of Packers Sanitation Servic...