Lincare, Inc.
50 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2011–2025)
6 trusted published court opinions across 6 distinct cases · 2 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Lincare, Inc. as an employer in 50 distinct federal employment cases between 2011 and 2025.
Of the 6 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 3 had a mixed result, 2 ended in a ruling for the worker, and 1 ended in a ruling for the employer.
The most common claims on record were Retaliation, Discrimination, and Wrongful Termination.
Cases were filed across 5 states, most often in WV.
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 6 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Lincare, Inc. appears in 6 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Garate v. Lincare, Inc. (2024) — Mixed Result. This case involved an employee named Garate who filed a discrimination lawsuit against their employer, Lincare, Inc., a medical equipment company. The worker claimed they faced discrimination in the workplace, though the specific details of what type of discrimination occurred are not provided in the available informat… Read the ruling.
Watkins v. Lincare Inc. (2024) — Mixed Result. Watkins filed a lawsuit against Lincare, Inc., claiming the company fired him in retaliation for whistleblowing—reporting illegal or unethical conduct. He also alleged wrongful termination based on his protected whistleblower activities. Read the ruling.
Weiher v. Lincare Procurement Inc. (2021) — Defendant Win. This case involved a worker named Weiher who sued their employer, Lincare Procurement Inc., claiming disability discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Weiher alleged that the company engaged in unfair employment practices based on their disability status. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Retaliation (4 of 6), Discrimination (3 of 6), Wrongful Termination (2 of 6). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Retaliation, Discrimination and Wrongful Termination.
Published opinions span West Virginia (2), Kansas (1), California (1), Maine (1). West Virginia 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. West Virginia rulings, Kansas rulings, California rulings and Maine rulings.
These published opinions sit within the healthcare sector, where employment disputes commonly involve HIPAA-adjacent retaliation, nursing-license issues, and accommodations under the ADA.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
6 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 2 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in Lincare, Inc.’s favor and 1 let the worker’s claims continue.
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.
- Summary judgment
- A ruling where the judge decides the case — or part of it — without a trial, because one side argues the key facts are not in dispute. For workers, getting past this step is often the biggest hurdle.
- Motion to dismiss
- An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.
- Trial verdict
- A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.
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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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.
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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.