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Pharmaceutical

Eli Lilly & Company

13 federal employment cases from public court records (19912024)

7 with a published ruling · 6 open dockets

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Eli Lilly & Company as an employer in 13 employment matters between 1991 and 2024.

Of the 6 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 2 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 were sent back to a lower court, 1 were dismissed, and 1 had a mixed result.

Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 0% of matters with a recorded outcome.

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

Cases were filed across 4 states, most often in IL.

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.

13
Federal Cases
0%
Plaintiff Win Rate

Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.

4
States
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About this employer

Eli Lilly & Company appears in 6 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the pharmaceutical sector, where sales-force misclassification, FCA whistleblower-retaliation, and disability-accommodation claims raise unique issues. The set below covers rulings that produced written federal-court decisions; private settlements, EEOC charges resolved without litigation, and state-court cases are not included.

The cases primarily involve Discrimination (4 of 6), Retaliation (3 of 6), Wrongful Termination (3 of 6). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Wrongful Termination.

Rulings span Illinois (2), New York (1), Indiana (1), Maryland (1). Illinois 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. Illinois rulings, New York rulings, Indiana rulings and Maryland rulings.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win
2 (33%)
Remanded
2 (33%)
Dismissed
1 (17%)
Mixed Result
1 (17%)

Case Stages

The stage at which courts issued Eli Lilly & Company’s 6 stage-identified rulings.

Appeal
5
Motion to dismiss
1
What do these stages mean?
Appeal
A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.
Motion to dismiss
An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.

Published federal-court opinions only — most workplace disputes are resolved privately. This is not anyone’s odds, and not a finding that any employer violated the law.

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Federal cases

public court records

One row per case · a badge means the case reached a published ruling · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. City of Porterville
E.D. Cal. · Sep 2024 · California · Discrimination
Open docket
Employee v. Lilly USA, LLC
M.D. Fla. · Apr 2024
Open docket
U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. LILLY USA, LLC
S.D. Ind. · Sep 2022
Open docket
Employee v. Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern NY
S.D.N.Y. · Sep 2022 · New York · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. LILLY USA, LLC
S.D. Ind. · Aug 2022
Open docket
Employee v. Eli Lilly and Company
D. Md. · Sep 2021 · Maryland · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. Norton Lilly International, Inc.
S.D. Tex. · Jun 2019
Open docket
Employee v. Norton Lilly International, Inc.
M.D. Fla. · Aug 2017
Open docket
Employee v. NORTON LILLY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
D.N.J. · Jan 2017
Open docket
Employee v. Eli Lilly and Company
Ill. App. Ct. · May 2015 · Illinois · Discrimination
Remanded
Employee v. Eli Lilly and Company
Ill. App. Ct. · May 2015 · Illinois · Discrimination
Remanded
Employee v. Eli Lilly & Company
7th Circuit · Jul 1992
Dismissed
Employee v. Tabor (In Re Cress)
S.D. Ind. · May 1991 · Indiana
Defendant Win
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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.