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The Sherwin-Williams Company

33 federal employment cases from public court records (20032026)

6 with a published ruling · 27 open dockets

What public court records show

Public federal court records list The Sherwin-Williams Company as an employer in 33 employment matters between 2003 and 2026.

Of the 6 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 3 were dismissed, 2 ended in a ruling for the employer, and 1 ended in a ruling for the worker.

Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 17% of matters with a recorded outcome.

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

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

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.

33
Federal Cases
17%
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

The Sherwin-Williams Company appears in 6 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 (3 of 6), Wrongful Termination (2 of 6), Harassment. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Wrongful Termination and Harassment.

Rulings span California (1), Maryland (1), Kansas (1), Texas (1). California 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. California rulings, Maryland rulings, Kansas rulings and Texas rulings.

Case Outcomes

Dismissed
3 (50%)
Defendant Win
2 (33%)
Plaintiff Win
1 (17%)

Case Stages

The stage at which courts issued The Sherwin-Williams Company’s 6 stage-identified rulings.

Appeal
3
Motion to dismiss
3
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. The Sherwin-Williams Company
N.D. Ga. · May 2026
Open docket
Employee v. THE SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO
M.D. Ga. · Jul 2025
Open docket
Employee v. Sherwin-Williams Company
N.D. Ill. · Jan 2025
Open docket
Employee v. State of Michigan
S.D. Tex. · Jun 2023 · Texas · Discrimination
Dismissed
Employee v. THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
W.D. Pa. · Feb 2023
Open docket
Employee v. Foster
E.D. Mich. · Aug 2022 · Maryland · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. The Sherwin Williams Company
N.D. Cal. · Aug 2022 · California
Dismissed
Employee v. The Sherwin Williams Company
M.D. Fla. · Jun 2022
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Manufacturing Company
C.D. Cal. · Jun 2022
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
N.D. Ill. · Jun 2022
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
C.D. Cal. · May 2022
Open docket
Employee v. Sherwin-Williams Company, The
N.D. Ala. · May 2021
Open docket
Employee v. Sherwin Williams, Inc.
M.D. Fla. · Feb 2021
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin Williams Company
S.D. Fla. · Jan 2021
Open docket
Employee v. Sherwin-Williams Company
N.D. Ohio · Jun 2020
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
W.D. Ky. · Apr 2020
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
M.D. Pa. · Dec 2019
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
D. Kan. · Apr 2019
Dismissed
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
W.D. Mo. · Apr 2019
Open docket
Employee v. THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
S.D. Ind. · Nov 2018
Open docket
Employee v. Sherwin-Williams Company, The
N.D. Ala. · Aug 2018
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
M.D. Fla. · Jul 2018
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
E.D. Cal. · Jul 2018
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
C.D. Cal. · Dec 2017
Open docket
Employee v. The Sherwin-Williams Company
C.D. Cal. · Dec 2017
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.