Sun Life of Canada
45 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2000–2025)
48 trusted published court opinions across 45 distinct cases
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Sun Life of Canada as an employer in 45 distinct federal employment cases between 2000 and 2025.
Of the 48 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 19 ended in a ruling for the employer, 14 ended in a ruling for the worker, 8 had a mixed result, and 3 settled.
Plaintiffs won 14 of 42 adjudicated opinions (33%).
The most common claims on record were Breach Of Contract, Wrongful Termination, and Failure To Accommodate.
Cases were filed across 17 states, most often in WA.
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 45 distinct cases.
14 of 42 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.
Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.
Positive amounts in plaintiff-win, mixed-outcome, or settlement opinions only. AI-extracted; amounts may not equal money paid.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Sun Life of Canada appears in 48 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Kollar v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (2021) — Defendant Win. An employee named Kollar filed a lawsuit against Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, claiming the company violated ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) rules. ERISA is a federal law that protects workers' retirement and health benefits. Read the ruling.
Amoroso v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (2021) — Defendant Win. This case involved a dispute between an employee named Amoroso and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada over employee benefits. Amoroso filed a lawsuit under ERISA, a federal law that governs workplace benefit plans like health insurance, disability coverage, and retirement plans. Read the ruling.
Martinez v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (2018) — Defendant Win. Martinez filed a lawsuit against Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, claiming the company discriminated against him and breached their contract. The dispute centered on how Sun Life calculated his long-term disability benefits—specifically, whether the company could reduce those benefits by subtracting money he recei… Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Breach of Contract (27 of 48), Wrongful Termination (6 of 48), Failure to Accommodate (4 of 48). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination and Failure to Accommodate.
Applicable statutes referenced across these rulings include: ADA (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111-12117) — The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in all aspects of employment. See the ADA reference page for filing deadlines, employee thresholds, and remedies. ADA.
Published opinions span Washington (5), California (4), Massachusetts (4), Virginia (2). Washington 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. Washington rulings, California rulings, Massachusetts rulings and Virginia rulings.
These published opinions sit within the financial services sector, where Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections often supplement standard Title VII claims.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
48 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 17 summary-judgment opinions, 10 ended the case in Sun Life of Canada’s favor and 7 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.
- 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.
- Other rulings
- Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.
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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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.