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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

73 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (20102025)

6 trusted published court opinions across 6 distinct cases · 5 docket-only cases without a recorded end date

What public court records show

Public federal court records list UnitedHealth Group Incorporated as an employer in 73 distinct federal employment cases between 2010 and 2025.

Of the 6 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 3 ended in a ruling for the employer, 1 ended in a ruling for the worker, 1 were dismissed, and 1 were sent back to a lower court.

The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination, Failure To Accommodate, and Retaliation.

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.

6
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 6 distinct cases.

4
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated appears in 6 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

Goebel v. UnitedHealth Group (2024) — Defendant Win. An employee at UnitedHealth Group filed a lawsuit claiming the company failed to make reasonable accommodations for a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The worker asked the court to reconsider its decision and reopen the case. Read the ruling.

Braden v. Optum RX, Inc. (2021) — Defendant Win. This case involved an employee named Braden who sued their employer, Optum RX (a pharmacy benefit management company), claiming the company violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Read the ruling.

Tumlin-Piper v. United Healthcare Services, Inc. (2021) — Remanded. An employee named Tumlin-Piper filed a lawsuit against United Healthcare Services, Inc., claiming retaliation, discrimination, and wrongful termination. The employee also included a workers' compensation claim related to Missouri state law. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Wrongful Termination (2 of 6), Failure to Accommodate (2 of 6), Retaliation. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination, Failure to Accommodate and Retaliation.

Published opinions span California (2), Missouri (1), Kansas (1), Connecticut (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, Missouri rulings, Kansas rulings and Connecticut 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

Defendant Win
3 (50%)
Plaintiff Win
1 (17%)
Dismissed
1 (17%)
Remanded
1 (17%)

Opinion Stages

6 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
1
Motion to dismiss
4
Trial verdict
1
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.
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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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

public court records

One row per court+docket case · written opinions stay grouped inside their case · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · Oct 2025
Docket closed
Employee v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc
D. Colo. · Aug 2025
Employee v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.
M.D. Fla. · Dec 2024
Docket closed
Employee v. UnitedHealth Group
D. Minn. · Aug 2024
Docket closed
Employee v. UnitedHealth Group
D. Conn. · Mar 2024 · Connecticut · Failure to Accommodate
Defendant Win
Employee v. WEST VIRGINIA UNITED HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
N.D. W. Va. · Feb 2024
Employee v. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
D. Colo. · Feb 2024
Docket closed
Employee v. United HealthCare Services, Inc.
S.D. Tex. · Jan 2024
Docket closed
Employee v. WEST VIRGINIA UNITED HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
W.D. Pa. · Jan 2024
Docket closed
Employee v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.
S.D. Ohio · Sep 2023
Employee v. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED
W.D. Pa. · Jul 2023
Docket closed
Employee v. West Virginia United Health System, Inc.
N.D. W. Va. · Jun 2023
Docket closed
Employee v. West Virginia United Health System, Inc.
N.D. W. Va. · Jun 2023
Employee v. United HealthCare Services, Inc.
D. Minn. · Oct 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. United HealthCare Services, Inc.
W.D. Tex. · Sep 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.
M.D. Fla. · Sep 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, INC.
W.D. Pa. · Jun 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
E.D. Ky. · Feb 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. Optum RX, Inc.
D. Kan. · Nov 2021 · Kansas · Wrongful Termination
Defendant Win
Employee v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
D. Minn. · Oct 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. UnitedHealth Group
D. Minn. · Sep 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. United HealthCare Services, Inc.
W.D. Tenn. · Jul 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.
E.D. Cal. · Jun 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.
E.D. Mo. · Apr 2021 · Missouri · Retaliation
Remanded
Employee v. United HealthCare Services, Inc.
C.D. Cal. · Feb 2021
Docket closed
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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.