Fifth Third Bank
36 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (2010–2026)
2 trusted published court opinions analyzed; 1 map to 1 distinct case · 6 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
In public federal court records, Fifth Third Bank is named as a defendant in 36 federal cases coded as employment matters between 2010 and 2026.
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Retaliation, and Wrongful Termination.
Cases were filed across 2 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.
Written decisions across 1 distinct case.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Fifth Third Bank appears in 2 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Cole v. Fifth Third Bancorp (2022) — Defendant Win. Cole filed a lawsuit against Fifth Third Bancorp, claiming he was discriminated against because of a disability, faced retaliation, and worked in a hostile environment. The case went through the court system, and a judge considered whether Cole's claims had enough evidence to proceed. Read the ruling.
Fox v. Fifth Third Bank (2020) — Dismissed. A worker filed a lawsuit against Fifth Third Bank claiming the bank discriminated against them, retaliated against them for complaining, and wrongfully terminated their employment. The worker also claimed the bank failed to pay wages owed. The bank asked the court to dismiss the case before it went to trial. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Wrongful Termination.
Published opinions span Illinois (1), Ohio (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 and Ohio rulings.
These published opinions sit within the financial services sector, where Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections often supplement standard Title VII claims.
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
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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.