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Hospitality & Food Service

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

28 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (2011–2024)

2 trusted published court opinions across 2 distinct cases · 1 docket-only case without a recorded end date

What public court records show

In public federal court records, Darden Restaurants, Inc. is named as a defendant in 28 federal cases coded as employment matters between 2011 and 2024.

The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Harassment, and Wrongful Termination.

Cases were filed across 2 states, most often in FL.

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.

2
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 2 distinct cases.

2
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

Darden Restaurants, Inc. appears in 2 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

JANE DOE 1 v. DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. (2022) — Defendant Win. Jane Doe filed a lawsuit against Darden Restaurants, Inc., claiming she experienced discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination at work. She wanted her case heard in court before a judge or jury. Read the ruling.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Darden Restaurants, Inc. (2015) — Defendant Win. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Darden Restaurants, claiming the company engaged in a widespread pattern of age discrimination. The EEOC alleged that Darden treated older workers unfairly compared to younger employees. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination, Harassment, Wrongful Termination. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Harassment and Wrongful Termination.

Published opinions span Florida (1), Pennsylvania (1). Florida 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. Florida rulings and Pennsylvania rulings.

These published opinions sit within the hospitality sector, where wage theft, tip-pooling violations, and sexual-harassment claims are common.

Claim Types

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

public court records

One row per court+docket case · written opinions stay grouped inside their case · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · Jun 2024
Employee v. Darden Restaurants
S.D. Tex. · Oct 2020
Docket closed
Employee v. DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.
M.D. Pa. · May 2020 · Pennsylvania · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.
D.N.J. · Feb 2020
Docket closed
Employee v. DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Sep 2019
Docket closed
Employee v. DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
N.D. Fla. · Aug 2019
Docket closed
Employee v. DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.
W.D. Pa. · Apr 2019
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
W.D. Ark. · Feb 2018
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
D. Neb. · Sep 2017
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants Inc.
C.D. Cal. · Jul 2017
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants Inc
D.S.C. · Jul 2017
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants
E.D. Va. · Sep 2016
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
S.D. Fla. · Nov 2015 · Florida · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. Darden Restaurants Inc
N.D. Ala. · Jul 2015
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
S.D. Fla. · Feb 2015
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc
N.D. Ala. · Jan 2015
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
S.D. Ohio · Dec 2014
Docket closed
Employee v. DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.
W.D. Pa. · Aug 2014
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
E.D. Mich. · Aug 2014
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc
N.D. Ala. · Feb 2014
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
M.D. Fla. · Dec 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Concepts, Inc.
M.D. Fla. · Sep 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC.
S.D. Ind. · Mar 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
S.D. Fla. · Mar 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. Darden Restaurants, Inc.
S.D. Fla. · Oct 2012
Docket closed
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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.