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JBS USA, LLC

36 federal employment cases from public court records (20112025)

14 with a published ruling · 22 open dockets

What public court records show

Public federal court records list JBS USA, LLC as an employer in 36 employment matters between 2011 and 2025.

Of the 13 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 5 ended in a ruling for the employer, 4 had a mixed result, 3 settled, and 1 ended in a ruling for the worker.

Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 8% of matters with a recorded outcome.

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

Cases were filed across 3 states, most often in CO.

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.

36
Federal Cases
8%
Plaintiff Win Rate

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

$3,900,000
Avg Damages (3 cases)

AI-extracted from court records; figures may be amounts at issue, not amounts paid. Not a finding of liability.

3
States
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About this employer

JBS USA, LLC appears in 13 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the manufacturing sector, where OSHA whistleblower, FMLA, and disability-accommodation claims are most common. 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 (6 of 13), Retaliation (6 of 13), Harassment (6 of 13). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Harassment.

Rulings span Colorado (9), Nebraska (1), Pennsylvania (1). Colorado 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. Colorado rulings, Nebraska rulings and Pennsylvania rulings.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win
5 (38%)
Mixed Result
4 (31%)
Settlement
3 (23%)
Plaintiff Win
1 (8%)

Case Stages

The stage at which courts issued JBS USA, LLC’s 12 stage-identified rulings.

Appeal
5 (42%)
Motion to dismiss
5 (42%)
Settlement / consent decree
2 (17%)
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.
Settlement / consent decree
The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.

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. JBS USA Food Company
D. Colo. · Dec 2025
Open docket
Employee v. JBS SOUDERTON, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Dec 2023
Open docket
Employee v. JBS USA HOLDINGS, INC.
E.D. Pa. · May 2023
Open docket
Employee v. JBS USA Food Company
D. Colo. · Nov 2022
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. JBS USA Food Co.
C.D. Cal. · Jul 2021
Open docket
Employee v. JBS USA, LLC
D. Colo. · Feb 2021 · Colorado · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. JBS USA, LLC
D. Colo. · Jan 2021 · Colorado · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. JBS USA, LLC
D. Colo. · Aug 2020 · Colorado · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. Labor Commission
Utah Ct. App. · Jun 2020
Defendant Win
Employee v. CLOUSER
W.D. Pa. · Mar 2020 · Pennsylvania
Defendant Win
Employee v. JBS USA, LLC
D. Colo. · Nov 2019 · Colorado · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. JBS Plainwell, Inc.
W.D. Mich. · Oct 2019
Open docket
Employee v. JBS USA, LLC
D. Colo. · Sep 2019 · Colorado · Discrimination
Open docket
Employee v. JBS USA, LLC
D. Colo. · Sep 2019 · Colorado · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. JBS USA Holdings Inc.
C.D. Ill. · Sep 2019
Open docket
Employee v. JBS Plainwell, Inc.
W.D. Mich. · Aug 2019
Open docket
Employee v. JBS USA Food Company Holdings
C.D. Cal. · Apr 2019
Open docket
Employee v. JBS SOUDERTON, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Jul 2018
Open docket
Employee v. JBS USA, LLC
D. Colo. · Jul 2018
Open docket
Employee v. JBS USA HOLDINGS, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Apr 2018
Open docket
Employee v. JBS Plainwell, Inc.
W.D. Mich. · Feb 2018
Open docket
Employee v. Utah Labor Comm'n
UTAH · Aug 2017 · Workers’ Compensation
Mixed Result
Secretary of Labor v. JBS, Inc.
E.D. Va. · Aug 2017
Open docket
Employee v. JBS Plainwell, Inc.
W.D. Mich. · Apr 2016
Open docket
Employee v. JBS USA L.L.C.
S.D. Iowa · Dec 2015
Open docket
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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.