BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.
14 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2010–2025)
4 trusted published court opinions analyzed; 3 map to 3 distinct cases
What public court records show
Public federal court records list BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. as an employer in 14 distinct federal employment cases between 2010 and 2025.
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Failure To Accommodate, and Retaliation.
Cases were filed across 1 state (TN).
These figures summarize publicly available U.S. federal court records only. Most workplace disputes are resolved privately and never appear in litigation. A case outcome reflects many factors and is not a finding that any employer violated the law.
Written decisions across 3 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. appears in 4 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Heather Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (2025) — Defendant Win. Heather Smith worked for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, a private insurance company. When her employer required COVID-19 vaccinations, Smith emailed Tennessee state legislators to express her complaints about the policy. After she contacted the lawmakers, BlueCross BlueShield fired her. Read the ruling.
Benton v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. (2025) — Plaintiff Win. Tanja Benton worked for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and had sincere religious objections to COVID-19 vaccination. When the company required vaccination as a condition of employment, Benton asked for an exception based on her religious beliefs. Read the ruling.
Eddy v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. (2021) — Mixed Result. An employee named Eddy filed a lawsuit against BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, claiming the company discriminated against him because of a disability. He also claimed the company failed to make reasonable accommodations for his condition, treated him unfairly in retaliation for complaining, and created a hostile wor… Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination, Failure to Accommodate, Retaliation. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Failure to Accommodate and Retaliation.
Published opinions span Tennessee. Tennessee is an EEOC deferral state, which extends the federal Title VII / ADA / ADEA filing deadline from 180 to 300 days. Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. Tennessee rulings.
These published opinions sit within the financial services sector, where Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections often supplement standard Title VII claims.
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What these numbers mean
A case is one lawsuit, identified by its court and docket number. The docket is the running court record for that same case — it is not an extra case.
A published opinion or ruling is a written court decision. One case can produce several opinions, so opinion counts and case counts answer different questions. Only trusted, reportable opinions are used in the outcome statistics on this page.
Docket entries are the individual filings inside a case — motions, orders, scheduling notices. We read them to confirm a case is real and to see where it got to, but an entry is never counted as a case or as an outcome. A single case can generate hundreds of entries.
Far fewer opinions than cases is normal. Many employment cases settle privately or close without a published opinion. No opinion here does not mean the worker lost; it means this public record does not show a reportable result.
Everything on this page comes from public federal court records. Where we are not confident a record is accurate, we leave it out rather than guess.
Federal court cases
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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 presence of an employer on this page does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.