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| (March 29, 2005) - Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ. | |
| Title IX prohibits intentional sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding. In Jackson v. ... (read more) |
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| (March 4, 2005) - EEOC v. BSH Home Appliances Corporation | $75,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against BSH Home Appliances Corporation, alleging that BSH subjected Erika Salgado and Michelle Hernandez to sexual harassment and retaliated against Salgado when she complained about the harassment. Erika Salgado and Michelle Hernandez intervened in the lawsuit. ... (read more) |
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| (March 4, 2005) - EEOC v. Victor-Arch, Inc. d/b/a Archibald's Drive Thru | $13,000 |
| On May 12, 2004 the EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Victor-Arch, Inc., which was doing business as Archibald's Drive Thru. The lawsuit alleged that Archibald's discriminated against Tonya Yager and similarly situated female applicants by denying them employment, or continued employment, in food preparation positions because of their gender. ... (read more) |
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| (February 14, 2005) - EEOC v. Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc. | $100,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Home Depot, a national retailer of building materials and home improvement products, alleging sex discrimination. In the lawsuit, the EEOC claimed that Home Depot discharged charging party because of her sex and in retaliation for complaints about a coworker's offensive comments. ... (read more) |
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| (February 3, 2005) - EEOC v. Dial Corporation (Iowa) | To be decided at a later time |
| The Southern U.S. District Court in Iowa ruled on February 3, 2005 that the Dial Corporation's pre-employment strength test at its meat packing plant in Armour, Iowa discriminates against women. ... (read more) |
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| (January 28, 2005) - EEOC and Ramirez v. Highland Fruit Growers, Inc. | $150,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Highland Fruit Growers, Inc. on September 29, 2003. ... (read more) |
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| (January 26, 2005) - EEOC v. Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc. | $150,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit against Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc., the operator of a chain of about 300 restaurants. The EEOC alleged that starting in about December 1998, a manager at Ryan's in Shelby, North Carolina subjected charging party and several other female cashiers and servers to hostile environment sexual harassment. ... (read more) |
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| (January 19, 2005) - EEOC and Lynch v. Bob Evans Farms, Inc. | $250,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Bob Evans Farms, Inc. alleging that it sexually harassed Kim Lynch, Becky Atchison, and Tiffany Green. ... (read more) |
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| (January 12, 2005) - EEOC v. Mariott Vacation Club International | $190,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Mariott Vacation Club International, alleging that the charging party was subjected to a sexually hostile work environment and then laid her off in retaliation for resisting sexual harassment. In March 2001, Marriott hired charging party as a Sales Executive, responsible for selling timeshares at one of its beach clubs in Oahu, Hawaii. ... (read more) |
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| (January 11, 2005) - EEOC v. JPI Partners | $135,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against JPI Partners, a company that builds and manages apartment complexes, alleging that it disciplined and terminated charging party because she was pregnant. Charging party was hired in August 1999 as the Regional Property Manager for four of defendant's Phoenix apartment complexes. ... (read more) |
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| (December 27, 2004) - EEOC v. Johnson International, Inc. | $450,000 |
| Johnson International, a global financial services company, agreed to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit for $450,000. The suit was filed by the EEOC on behalf of Rae Ann Good, who claimed that she applied for a job, was hired, and then her job offer was cancelled after they found out she was pregnant. ... (read more) |
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| (December 27, 2004) - EEOC v. U.S. Contractors, Ltd. | $530,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against U.S. Contractors, a staffing firm supplying temporary and long-term employees to chemical manufacturers in the Gulf Coast Region of Texas. ... (read more) |
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| (December 7, 2004) - EEOC v. Midamerica Hotels Corp., Northwest Development Company d/b/a Burger King, and Nathan Kraus | $400,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Midamerica Hotels Corporation, Northwest Development Company doing business as Burger King, and Nathan Kraus ("Burger King"). The lawsuit alleged that Burger King subjected female employees to a sexually hostile working environment. ... (read more) |
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| (December 2, 2004) - EEOC and Chavez v. Eldorado Stone, LLC and Eldorado Stone Operations, LLC, Timothy O'Dell and Elmer | $475,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Eldorado Stone Operations, an architectural stone veneer manufacturing company headquartered in San Marcos, California, alleging sexual harassment, constructive discharge, and retaliatory termination. The six charging parties worked in the repair department at defendant's Carnation, Washington plant. ... (read more) |
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| (November 30, 2004) - EEOC v. Produce, Inc., and Six L's Packing Co. | $206,000 |
| The filed a lawsuit alleging that Produce, Inc. and Six L's Packing Co., national produce companies, subjected three female employees at its Immokalee, Florida vegetable grading and packing facility to a sexually hostile work environment through the offensive verbal and physical conduct of two supervisors. ... (read more) |
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| (November 16, 2004) - EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. | $50,000,000 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch Co. must pay $40 million in restitution to thousands of female and minority job applicants and employees, work harder to recruit and promote members from those groups and more effectively train its store managers in anti-discrimination practices, according to the retailer's preliminary settlement covering three employment-bias lawsuits. ... (read more) |
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| (November 10, 2004) - McKnatt v. Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security | $80,000 + Attorneys fees |
| Rebecca McKnatt, a corporal with the Delaware state police, received an $80,000 jury verdict in her favor on November 10, 2004. McKnatt originally sued the Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Securityi, which oversees the state police, in 2002 for sexual harassment, denial of promotion, and retaliation. ... (read more) |
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| (November 4, 2004) - EEOC v. Ryder Integrated Logistics | $510,000 |
| The EEOC alleged that Ryder Integrated Services subjected female employees to a sexually hostile work environment created by the offensive sexual comments and sexual advances and solicitations of a male supervisor. Ryder Integrated Logistics, a subsidiary of Ryder Truck Rentals, Inc., provides logistic, warehousing, and transportation services worldwide. ... (read more) |
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| (October 27, 2004) - EEOC v. Comcast Corp. | $350,000 |
| In the first of two related suits, the EEOC filed suit against Comcast Corp., alleging that it failed to promote a Human Resources Manager at its New Castle, Delaware Call Center to the position of Director of Human Resources because of her race (black) and sex and discharged her because she complained about race and sex discrimination in not being considered for the director job and filed a sex, race, and retaliation discrimination charge with the Delaware Department of Labor. The parties resolved the suit through a 2-year consent decree providing charging party with $350,000 in monetary relief. ... (read more) |
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| (October 25, 2004) - EEOC v. SSA Marine, Inc., Stevedoring Services of America, Inc. | |
| The EEOC and SSA Marine, Inc. entered into a consent decree in October 2004 alleging sex discrimination. ... (read more) |
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| (October 7, 2004) - EEOC v. Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc | $225,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc., a tool and equipment catalog retailer with 150 retail stores in 36 states. The lawsuit alleged that Harbor subjected charging party, a head cashier, and other female employees to a sexually hostile work environment through the offensive verbal and physical conduct of a male assistant manager at defendant's Everett, Washington store. ... (read more) |
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| (October 7, 2004) - EEOC v. Mount Carmel, LLC | $257,500 |
| The EEOC alleged that Mount Carmel, LLC terminated charging party in retaliation for opposing unlawful sexual harassment. Charging party, who intervened in EEOC's suit, had worked for nearly 3 years as an Assistant Administrator for defendant, a Greenfield, Wisconsin nursing home. ... (read more) |
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| (October 6, 2004) - EEOC v. Gordon Trucking, Inc. | $235,000 |
| A $235,000 settlement was reached between the EEOC and Gordon Trucking Company, which provides nationwide over-the-road trucking services through facilities in numerous states. The EEOC claimed that Gordon engaged in sex discrimination through a policy of not allowing female employees to receive over-the-road truck driving training from male instructors. ... (read more) |
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| (September 22, 2004) - EEOC v. Staffing Network, LLC | $400,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit alleging that Staffing Network, LLC, an employment agency with its headquarters in a suburb of Chicago and offices in 12 other states, subjected Charging Party and other women employed in the Chicago metropolitan area to sexual harassment in the form of unwelcome and offensive sexual comments and touching, primarily by defendant's Director of Operations. The harassment resulted in the constructive discharge of Charging Party, who was a high earning sales representative, and another woman. ... (read more) |
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| (September 7, 2004) - EEOC v. Carl Buddig & Co. | $2,500,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Carl Buddig & Company, which processes and packages meat and deli products in South Holland, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. The EEOC alleged that Carl Buddig & Co. ... (read more) |
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| (September 7, 2004) - Lust v. Sealy, Inc. | $251,500 |
| Tracey Lust filed a claim of sex discrimination against Sealy, Inc., after she was passed up for a promotion in favor of a younger male colleague. She also alleged that the supervisor who made the decision, Scott Penters, had consistently made sexist comments to her. ... (read more) |
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| (August 30, 2004) - EEOC v. Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Co. | $535,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sexual harassment case alleging that women employed in the Customer Information Center of an Oklahoma City Coca Cola bottling plant were subjected to a broad array of sexual comments, innuendos, solicitations, name-calling, and sexually oriented physical touching by supervisors and coworkers over a period of several years. Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Co., a privately held company with approximately 1,175 employees, owns and operates Coca-Cola bottling plants in Oklahoma and supplies Coca-Cola products across Oklahoma and Arkansas. ... (read more) |
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| (August 25, 2004) - EEOC v. Home Depot (Colorado) | $5.5 million |
| Home Depot stores in Colorado agreed to a $5.5 million settlement with the EEOC. The EEOC brought the class action lawsuit on behalf of workers who allege that Home Depot stores discriminated against them on the basis of gender, race, and national origin. ... (read more) |
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| (August 24, 2004) - Daw v. Kennesaw State University | $1,060,000 |
| A federal jury awarded former associate music professor Hillary Hight Daw $1,060,000 against Kennesaw State University. Daw filed the lawsuit alleging that she was passed over for promotions in favor of lesser-qualified male candidates. ... (read more) |
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| (August 24, 2004) - EEOC v. Norgren Co. a/k/a IMI Norgren, Inc | $175,000 |
| The EEOC reached a $175,000 settlement with Norgren Company, an international engineering firm with a regional distribution center in Englewood, Colorado. Norgren allegedly terminated a 20-year employee, Janis Mohr, after she complained about sex discrimination. ... (read more) |
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| (August 3, 2004) - EEOC v. Oil Shoppe d/b/a Jiffy Lube | $299,999 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against the Oil Shoppe, which was doing business as Jiffy Lube, alleging that it subjected Lavette Castellanos and similarly situated female employees to sexual harassment and sex discrimination at its Lynwood, California facility. The EEOC also claimed that Jiffy Lube subjected Castellanos to unwarranted discipline and then terminated her in retaliation after she filed a discrimination complaint with the company. ... (read more) |
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| (July 28, 2004) - EEOC v. Brinker International, Inc., Chili's of MD, Chili's of Bel Air | $283,000 |
| The EEOC settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Chili's Restaurant of Maryland and Chili's of Bel Air for $283,000. The EEOC alleged that an assistant manager working for Chili's sexually harassed four female food servers and other female employees and then retaliated against one of the women for complaining about the sexual harassment. ... (read more) |
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| (July 28, 2004) - Parada v. Gary Rehbein and the United States | $64,000 |
| Anna Parada, a former immigration inspector, received a $64,000 jury ruling in her favor against Gary Rehbein, Deputy Port Director at the Nogales Port of Entry. The lawsuit was originally filed against the United States as well, but the District Court judge dismissed the suit against the federal government becomes Rehbein's alleged comments did not amount to a hostile environment. ... (read more) |
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| (July 19, 2004) - EEOC v. Benchmark Residential Services, Inc. | $62,000 |
| The EEOC filed a suit alleging that Benchmark Residential Services, Inc., a residential treatment facility for convicted sexual offenders in Pinconning, Michigan, subjected an employee to sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge. Kim Helm, a Behavioral Technician, claimed a male coworker regularly made sexually offensive comments, touched her breasts and buttocks, and asked for sexual favors. ... (read more) |
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| (July 13, 2004) - EEOC v. Block's Lighthouse Supper Club, Inc. | $98,000 |
| The EEOC alleged that Block's Lighthouse Supper Club, Inc., a high-end restaurant and its corporate affiliates, through the conduct of the entities' owner, subjected charging party, a cocktail waitress/part-time hostess, and other waitresses to a sexually hostile work environment. Dallas also alleged that defendants terminated CP because of her sex after she repeatedly rebuffed the owner's advances. ... (read more) |
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| (July 12, 2004) - EEOC v. Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc. and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. | $54,000,000 |
| Morgan Stanley agreed to settle a class-action sex discrimination lawsuit in July 2004. The EEOC filed the lawsuit against the major securities firm on behalf of 340 women for sex discrimination that occurred in Morgan Stanley's Institutional Equity Division world wide ("IED"). ... (read more) |
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| (July 6, 2004) - EEOC and Gibbs v. TRA Industries, Inc., d/b/a Huntwood Industries, Inc. | $100,000 |
| On Aug. 20, 2003, the EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against TRA Industries, Inc., which was doing business as Huntwood Industries, Inc. ... (read more) |
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| (July 2, 2004) - EEOC v. Boca Chica, Inc., d/b/a Loca Luna Restaurant | $50,000 |
| The EEOC brought suit to enforce a settlement agreement reached during the mediation of a sexual harassment charge. The parties agreed at the mediation that defendant would pay charging party $50,000 and provide her with a neutral reference. ... (read more) |
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| (July 1, 2004) - EEOC v. Fifth Third Bank | $225,000 |
| The EEOC and Fifth Third Bank settled a sex discrimination lawsuit for $225,000. The lawsuit, brought by the EEOC on behalf of former female employees, alleged that managers in a business development group (with locations in three Illinois cities) of a large banking institution subjected Carrie Spillane, a personal banker, and other female employees to a sexually hostile work environment and discriminatory terms and conditions of employment, resulting in the constructive discharge of some of the women. ... (read more) |
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| (July, 2004) - Beck v. Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, and Boeing North American, Inc. | $40.6-$72.5 Million |
| Boeing agreed to settle a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit covering 29,000 women in the Puget Sound-area of Washington who worked for Boeing between 1997 and 2004. The class action lawsuit was brought by plaintiffs Betsy Anderson, Patti Anderson, Mary Beck, Karla Coleman, Esther Estevez, Wendy Kelley, Aprill Linear, Fern Neatherlin, Terri Neuharth, Sheilah Sage, Ellie Schaff, and Shelly Sinclair.
The women charged that they were denied access to lucrative overtime work and promotions along with discrimination in compensation. ... (read more) |
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| (June 18, 2004) - EEOC and Baker v. Tele-Servicing Innovations, Inc. | $208,833 |
| The EEOC and Brittany Baker, intervenor, were awarded default judgment against Tele-Servicing Innovations, Inc. on June 18, 2004. ... (read more) |
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| (June 16, 2004) - EEOC v. O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., d/b/a O'Reilly Auto Parts | $50,000 |
| O'Reilly Automotive, one of the nation's largest specialty retailers of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, and supplies, agreed to a two-year consent decree to respond to allegations that it discriminated against a former employee on the basis of sex. A former assistant manager at O'Reilly Automotive was allegedly terminated because she was pregnant. ... (read more) |
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| (June 14, 2004) - EEOC v. Alternative Resources Corp. | $60,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Alternative Resources Corp. The lawsuit alleged that Alternative Resource Corp. ... (read more) |
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| (June 14, 2004) - EEOC v. Rookies, Inc. and Rookies II, LLC, John Brennan, Serge Rigisich | $200,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Rookies, Inc., a Nevada corporation doing business as Rookies Sports Bar, and Rookies II, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company doing business as The Little Waldorf Saloon, John Brennan and Serge Rigisich as the alter egos, jointly and individually. The EEOC alleged that defendants subjected a class of female employees to sexual harassment from 1996 through 2001 at The Little Waldorf Saloon in Reno, Nevada and the Rookies Sports Bar located in Incline Village, Nevada. ... (read more) |
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| (June 10, 2004) - EEOC v. Berge Ford, Inc. and Auto Care Center, LLC | $70,000 |
| The EEOC alleged that Berge Ford, Inc. and Auto Care Center, LLC, a Mesa, Arizona auto dealership and its parent company, fired the charging party because she was pregnant. ... (read more) |
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| (June 8, 2004) - EEOC v. Saline Memorial Hospital | $43,500 |
| Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton agreed to pay $43,500 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. The lawsuit was originally filed on behalf of Denise Heard and other women who alleged they were subjected to sexual harassment by Michael Dinger. ... (read more) |
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| (June 7, 2004) - EEOC v. Priority Staffing, Inc. | $450,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Priority Staffing, Inc., a firm providing payroll services and temporary employment that in 2001 was named the largest minority-owned business in the state of Arizona. The suit was based on charges filed by eight women who alleged that defendant's president/owner sexually harassed and retaliated against female employees. ... (read more) |
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| (June 6, 2004) - EEOC v. Jack in the Box (Washington) | $300,000 |
| The Jack in the Box Inc. fast food restaurant chain agreed to pay $300,000 to settle an EEOC sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed on behalf of five female employees. ... (read more) |
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| (June 1, 2004) - EEOC v. John Harvard's Brew House, Inc. | $145,000 |
| John Harvard's Brew House, Inc., a restaurant and brewery service operating in nine states, agreed to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought against it for $145,000. The suit was filed by the EEOC on behalf of a server who claimed she was taken off the management track when John Harvard's found out about her pregnancy. ... (read more) |
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| (May 25, 2004) - EEOC v. Interstate Brands Corp. | $222,000 |
| Interstate Brands Corp., the maker of Wonder Bread, Hostess and Drake donuts, and Home Pride wheat bread, among other products, has agreed to pay $222,000 to settle sexual harassment claims filed by five female workers at its Northeast Philadelphia bakery. The lawsuits alleged that female bakery workers had been groped, called ‘bitches’ and ‘bimbos’ and propositioned for sex by male co-workers and supervisors.. ... (read more) |
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| (May 20, 2004) - Deigert v. PeopleSoft, Inc | $447,894 |
| Sarah Deigart, formerly a Business Development Executive at PeopleSoft, was terminated based on her pregnancy. She claimed that while she was on maternity, just days after giving birth to her baby, she was told that her employment was ended because her position had been eliminated. ... (read more) |
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| (May 19, 2004) - Collins v. Police Department of Suffolk County | $229,500 |
| A federal jury has ordered the Police Department of Suffolk County, New York to pay $229,500 for retaliating against an employee who alleged sex and race discrimination. Officer Felicia Collins alleged that she had been harassed by co-workers and supervisors and denied promotions because she is a black woman. ... (read more) |
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| (May 17, 2004) - EEOC v. Minnesota Beef Industries | $140,000 |
| Sheila Kutz, a former female supervisor at Minnesota Beef Industries, filed a complaint with the EEOC alleging that she was subjected to sexually derogatory comments, jokes, and touching by supervisors and co-employees. She also alleged that she was paid less than men performing the same work. ... (read more) |
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| (May 13, 2004) - EEOC v. Rose Casual Dining, L.P. d/b/a Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar Restaurant | $137,500 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Rose Casual Dining, which was doing business as Applebees, a nationwide restaurant chain. The lawsuit alleged that a female manager trainee was sexually harassed and retaliatorily discharged. ... (read more) |
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| (May 10, 2004) - Nestler v. Chartwells Dining Services | $15,145,000 |
| A federal jury has ordered Chartwells Dining Services, a food service contractor at the State University of New York, to pay more than $15 million for sexual harassment. Kristen Nestler alleged that her supervisor started sexually harassing her shortly after she started her job as assistant marketing coordinator in 2001. ... (read more) |
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| (May 9, 2004) - Houston v. Utah State University | $25,000 |
| Utah State University agreed to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit for $25,000. Sandra Houston, chairwoman and professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University, alleged that she was not hired as dean of the USU College of Engineering because of her sex. ... (read more) |
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| (May 3, 2004) - EEOC v. Performance Food Group d/b/a Carroll County Foods, Inc. | $350,000 |
| The EEOC filed a gender discrimination lawsuit alleging that Perforance Food Group, a food service distributor in the Baltimore-Washington, DC area, refused to hire women as delivery drivers. In 2001, defendant hired 44 men and 1 woman as drivers at its New Windsor, Maryland facility. ... (read more) |
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| (April 30, 2004) - EEOC v. Trendwest Resorts, Inc. | $475,000 |
| The EEOC filed a class-action sex discrimination lawsuit against Trendwest Resorts, Inc. a leading company in the timeshare industry whose headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington. ... (read more) |
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| (April 19, 2004) - EEOC v. Prima Frutta Packing, Inc., & J. Jesus Gonzales Labor Contractor | $235,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Prima Fruta Packing, Inc. and J. ... (read more) |
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| (April 19, 2004) - Sumner v. Merrill Lynch & Company | $2,200,000 to one plaintiff; $600,000 split betwee |
| In 2004 Merrill Lynch & Company was ordered by a panel of arbitrators to pay $2.2 million to E. Hydie Sumner who claimed she was discriminated against on the basis of sex. ... (read more) |
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| (April 12, 2004) - EEOC v. Accent Mobile Homes | $50,000 |
| In 2004, South Carolina's Accent Mobile Homes, Inc. agreed to pay $50,000 to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation against two employees. ... (read more) |
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| (April 8, 2004) - Woollard v. Porcelanosa | $1,600,000 |
| A federal jury awarded $1.6 million to three women (Jill Woollard, Luba Wissman, and Antonia Milazzo) who sued the New York operations of a Spanish ceramic tile company for sexual harassment. They worked in the Farmingdale office of Porcelanosa, where they were sexually harassed by their managager, Juan Reyes. ... (read more) |
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| (April 7, 2004) - EEOC v. Chicago Police Department | $550,000 |
| In 2004, a federal jury awarded $550,000 in damages to Dolores DeLoughery, a female police lieutenant who claimed that she was passed over for promotion to captain because of her sex. The jury also determined that the City of Chicago had retaliated against Lt. ... (read more) |
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| (April 7, 2004) - EEOC v. Kansas Auto Auction | $55,000 |
| Kansas Auto Auction has agreed to pay $55,000 to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging sexual harassment at the company’s Elwood, Kansas facility. The EEOC brought the lawsuit on behalf of two saleswomen who alleged that a manager made graphic sexual comments and touched them inappropriately. ... (read more) |
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| (April 6, 2004) - EEOC v. Bell Gas Inc. | $185,000 |
| The Phoenix District Office filed this Title VII action, alleging that defendant gas companies created a hostile work environment for CP, a 20-year-old female gas station cashier, when they failed to discipline her immediate supervisor, a 47-year-old manager, who sexually harassed and raped her. The complaint further alleged that defendants retaliated against CP for complaining about the harassment, which led to her termination or constructive discharge. ... (read more) |
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| (March 31, 2004) - EEOC v. Parmalat Bakery Division of North America | $300,000 |
| Defendant, a New Jersey division of an international company headquartered in Italy that produces and distributes snacks, bread, pasta and similar products, was charged wtih sexual harassment, retaliation, and constructive discharge. Charging party, a sales division manager and the only woman in an office of four male executives, was subjected to unwelcome sexual advances, sexually explicit comments, the showing of a pornographic video, and unwelcome touching by her supervisor and other male executives during her employment at the New Jersey facility. ... (read more) |
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| (March 18, 2004) - EEOC v. Family Motor Inn. | $180,000 |
| The St. Louis EEOC Office filed this Title VII action against Family Motor Inn, alleging that one of defendant's managers made sexual comments to and fondled three female front desk workers and retaliated against two women who complained by verbally harassing one at home and on the job, and reducing the work hours, and eliminating the supervisory duties of the other. ... (read more) |
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| (March 18, 2004) - EEOC v. Hitan Hospitality, d/b/a Family Motor Inn of Sullivan | $180,000 |
| The EEOC settled a sex discrimination lawsuit with Hitan Hospitality, which was doing business as the Family Motor Inn of Sullivan. The lawsuit alleged that managers made sexual comments to and fondled three female front desk workers and retaliated against two women who complained by verbally harassing one at home and on the job, and reducing the work hours, and eliminating the supervisory duties of the other. ... (read more) |
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| (March 15, 2004) - EEOC v. Home Depot USA, Inc. d/b/a Home Depot (California) | $7,500 |
| The EEOC and Home Depot agreed to settle claims that it discrimianted against Linda Birch on the basis of sex. However, Home Depot did not admit to any fault or wrongdoing. ... (read more) |
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| (March 9, 2004) - EEOC v. Clarke County, GA | $170,000 |
| Two former Clarke County principals who sued the school district alleging race and sex discrimination have settled the case out of court. Jerri-Lynn Williams, former Chase Street Elementary School principal, and Vivian Woodall, former Winterville Elementary School principal, each will receive $45,000, plus $40,000 in attorneys fees, in the settlement. ... (read more) |
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| (March 6, 2004) - EEOC v. Jerry Chambers Chevrolet, Inc | $70,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Jerry Chambers Chevrolet, Inc. The lawsuit alleged that a male supervisor who worked for Jerry Chambers, a car dealership in Bellingham, Washington, subjected a female salesperson to unwelcome touching and offensive sexual innuendoes. ... (read more) |
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| (March, 2004) - U.S. v. University of New Mexico | $135,382 |
| The University of New Mexico (UNM) agreed to pay $135,382 to allegations that it discriminated against employees in its Health Science Center on the basis of their pregnancy. The U.S. ... (read more) |
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| (February 26, 2004) - EEOC v. Hitchen Lucerne, Inc., d/b/a Lucerne Valley Market/Ace Hardware | $9,500 |
| On April 14, 2000 the EEOC filed a lawsuit against Hitchen Lucerne, Inc., which was doing business as Lucerne Valley Market/Ace Hardware. The EEOC alleged that Hitchen Lucerne discriminated against Blanche Kraft on the basis of her age (62) and gender, female, by terminating her, and retaliated against her for complaining about discrimination. ... (read more) |
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| (February 18, 2004) - EEOC v. Tri-Spur Investment Co. Inc | $80,000 |
| Tri-Spur Investment Co. Inc. ... (read more) |
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| (February 18, 2004) - Walker v. University of Wisconsin-Platteville | $400,000 |
| A federal jury in Madison, Wisconsin ordered the University of Wisconsin-Platteville to pay a former administrator $400,000 for sex discrimination because it discriminatorily refused to renew her employment contract. . ... (read more) |
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| (February 5, 2004) - EEOC v. Gaumer Co., Inc. | $57,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Gaumer Co., Inc., alleging that during the course of her employment, charging party, a female accounts payable clerk, was subjected to pregnancy discrimination and retaliation. Defendant, which manufactures and supplies electric heating equipment for the process industry, hired a person to replace charging party while she took maternity leave, and charging party trained the replacement on defendant's new computer system. ... (read more) |
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| (February 3, 2004) - EEOC v. Rochdale Village | $90,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Rochdale Village, a housing complex, alleging that it refused to select female applicants for permanent or long-term positions as groundskeepers and maintenance workers because of their sex. In addition, defendant failed to maintain employment records as required by law. ... (read more) |
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| (January 20, 2004) - EEOC v. Central Missouri State University | $242,272 |
| Deborah Eich worked as a dispatcher in the Central Missouri State University campus police department. She filed a sexual harassment lawsuit based upon behavior of an evening shift sergeant, and her direct supervisor. ... (read more) |
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| (January 9, 2004) - EEOC v. Unicom Electric, Inc. d/b/a Unicom Global Systems Solutions and Unity in Communications | $350,000 |
| Unicom Electric, Inc., an industry-based computer company, will pay $350,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed it discriminated against black, Hispanic and female workers. The EEOC originally filed suit against Unicom Electric, which was doing business as UNICOM Global Systems Solutions and Unity in Communications, in September 2002, alleging that employees were subjected to daily harassment in the form of offensive and stereotyping comments about their race (African American), gender (female), and national origin (Hispanic) by Jeffrey Lo, the president and owner of Unicom, which is a manufacturer and international distributor of computer networking components. ... (read more) |
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| (2004) - DOL v. Ben E. Keith Co. | $131,508 |
| In 2004, Texas based Ben E. Keith Co. ... (read more) |
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| (2004) - EEOC v. Airguide Corporation and Pioneer Metals, Inc. | $1,000,000 |
| Florida-based Airguide Corporation and its parent company, Pioneer Metals, Inc., were sued for alleged sexual harassment of three former female employees at the company's manufacturing plant. The sexual harassment allegedly consisted of persistent sexually explicit slurs and comments by their supervisor, despite the employees' complaints to management. ... (read more) |
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| (2004) - EEOC v. Meade Lexus Group, Inc. | $85,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Meade Lexus Group, Inc. on February 5, 2004. ... (read more) |
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| (2004) - Pickens v. Munzert’s Steak House | $118,000 |
| Michelle Pickens, a 19-year old, was a server at Fenton, Missouri's Munzert's Steak House, where she was sexually harassed. Pickens alleged that the owner inappropriately touched her and harassed her when she was 16-years old. ... (read more) |
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| (2004) - Ranson v. Paladin Press | $100,000 |
| A federal jury ordered Boulder, Colorado-based Paladin Press to pay $100,000 to a former employee for sexual harassment. The award to Marilyn Ranson includes $50,000 in compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages. ... (read more) |
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| (December 23, 2003) - EEOC v. Emergency Medicine Associates, Inc. | $ 500,000 |
| In 2003, the only female emergency room doctors in a privately owned group of emergency care physicians charged that she was denied a promised promotion to partnership and was not given any significant bonuses during her employment even though her male counterparts were promoted within the promised three-year period and consistently were given substantial bonuses.She was subjected to sexual banter and solicitations by supervisors and co-workers. The case was resolved by a four-year consent decree that requires defendant to pay charging party, who intervened and brought claims under the Florida Civil Rights Act, $296,800 in compensatory, personal injury, and tort damages and $203,200 in attorney's fees and costs. ... (read more) |
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| (December 22, 2003) - EEOC v. Coit Services, Inc. | $190,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit alleging that defendant, an international provider of in-house cleaning services, subjected charging party-intervenor and other female employees to pervasive and egregious sexual harassment by the company's founder and chairman emeritus. The suit also alleged that defendant retaliated against charging party because she complained by refusing to promote her from Operations Manager at defendant's Phoenix location to the Phoenix General Manager position. ... (read more) |
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| (December 17, 2003) - EEOC v. Palm Management Corporation | $500,000 |
| The Palm Management Corporation, which manages The Palm Restaurants, agreed to settle a sex discrimination claim based on its recruitment and hiring practices. The EEOC alleged that many women failed to complete job applications because they were discouraged from applying or faced what is called the "chilling factor" of visiting the workplace and perceiving that the company had a mostly male workforce. ... (read more) |
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| (December 4, 2003) - EEOC v. Til Mar Inc., d/b/a Po Po Family Restaurant | $43,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Til Mar, Inc., which was doing business as Po Po Family Restaurant, in 2002. The restaurant owner, Jerry Tilley, agreed to settle the suit after participating in mediation. ... (read more) |
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| (December 4, 2003) - Faubert v. Atlanta Falcons | |
| Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank agreed to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought against him. Carol Faubert, former vice president of human resources for Blank, filed the lawsuit in July, alleging that Blank condoned a work environment where women were treated as "sex objects" and denied promotions if they had young children. ... (read more) |
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| (December 3, 2003) - EEOC v. EZ Buy EZ Sell Recycler Corporation | $380,000 (resolved separately, not in the consent |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against EZ Buy EZ Sell Recycler Corporation, alleging that the manager subjected three female employees (Alexis Rhone, Gina Escobar, Alicia Mares) to a hostile work environment and that the company failed to take remedial action. EZ Buy negotiated a $380,000 settlement with the three women separately. ... (read more) |
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| (December 3, 2003) - EEOC v. Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems | $200,000 |
| Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems, a manufacturer of heavy duty air-ride suspension systems for the tractor/trailer industry, settled a sex discrimination lawsuit filed against it with a consent decree on December 13, 2003. The EEOC filed the lawsuit on behalf of Patricia Balbas, alleging that Hendrickson discriminated against her on the basis of sex. ... (read more) |
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| (December 1, 2003) - EEOC v. EGW Temporaries | $355,000 |
| In 2003, the EEOC settled a lawsuit filed against temporary employment agency, EGW Temporaries for complying with companies who requested EGW to provide workers of a certain race or gender during the 1990s. EGW settled with a payment of $285,000. ... (read more) |
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| (November 25, 2003) - Corristan v. Oregon Department of Agriculture | $1,000,000 |
| A Multnomah County, Oregon jury awarded $1 million to Norma Corristan, a former Oregon Department of Agriculture employee, for sex and race discrimination. Corristan, who is Hispanic, claimed that her supervisors and an employee singled her out because of her gender and race when they took away her duties as a lab services administrator. ... (read more) |
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| (November 25, 2003) - EEOC v. PJAX, Inc. (1) | $500,000 |
| This interstate trucking and freight firm was charged with permitting widespread sexual harassment of several female employees at its Gibsonia, PA headquarters. Specifically, owners and managers allegedly used vulgar and sexually derogatory names to refer to charging party and other female employees, required them to perform personal chores for the owners such as picking up their laundry and cleaning their cars, and generally yelled and cursed at them. ... (read more) |
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| (November 25, 2003) - EEOC v. PJAX, Inc. (2) | $2,500,000 |
| The EEOC alleged that this interstate trucking and freight firm discriminated on the basis of sex, age, and disability and engaged in illegal retaliation. Specifically, the lawsuit, which originated from two discrimination charges, asserted that defendant refused to hire one charging party, a 55-year-old female truck driver with 30 years of experience, for a driver position because of her gender and age. ... (read more) |
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| (November 19, 2003) - EEOC v. RY-4, Inc., d/b/a Roy's Poipu Bar and Grill | $245,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against RY-4, Inc., which was doing business as Roy's Poipu Bar and Grill. The lawsuit alleged that a female charging party and two other female restaurant employees were subjected to physical and verbal sexual harassment by their supervisor. ... (read more) |
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| (October 23, 2003) - Guciardo v. Thistledown Race Track | $500,000 |
| Leslie Guciardo became the first and only woman to work on the track crew at Thistledown Race Track. However, when Guciardo was promoted in 1999, most of the 10 male employees were unhappy with her promotion and allegedly sexually harassed Guciardo. ... (read more) |
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| (October 22, 2003) - EEOC v. First Student, Inc | $145,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against First Student, Inc., a school busing company. The lawsuit alleged that First Student subjected female employees to a sexually hostile work environment and black employees to a hostile environment based on their race and national origin. ... (read more) |
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| (October 21, 2003) - EEOC v. Pizza of Florida, Inc., d/b/a ABC Pizza and Rare Hospitality International, d/b/a Longhorn Steakhouse | $525,000 |
| Former teenage employees accused defendants for sexual harassment. The settlements against Pizza of Florida, Inc., doing business as ABC Pizza, and Rare Hospitality International, Inc., doing business as Longhorn Steakhouse, total $525,000 in monetary relief and includes extensive remedial relief, such as company training, posting of notices, and monitoring provisions. ... (read more) |
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| (October 15, 2003) - EEOC v. Phoenix Suns Limited Partnership and Sports Magic Team, Inc | $82,500 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Phoenix Suns Limited Partnership and Sports Magic Team, Inc., (referred to as "Phoenix Suns") alleging that Phoenix Suns discriminated against against women on the basis of their sex. Specifically, the EEOC alleged that Phoenix Suns printed or published employment-related advertisements and notices indicating a preference, specification, or limitation based on sex, and discriminated against Kathryn Tomlinson and other women, including Makia White and Nathasha Jenkins, because of their sex when Phoenix Suns refused to recruit or hire women for a position with the Phoenix Suns Zoo Crew for one or more seasons, including the 1999-2000 season. ... (read more) |
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| (October 8, 2003) - EEOC v. EaglePicher, Inc. f/k/a Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. | $200,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against EaglePicher, Inc. (formerly known as Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.). ... (read more) |
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| (October 6, 2003) - EEOC v. Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Inc. | $4,050,000 |
| In 2003, a federal jury awarded $4,050,000 to Stephanie Denninghoff following a four- day trial conducted on her behalf by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center, Inc. ... (read more) |
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| (October 6, 2003) - EEOC v. STI Holdings, Inc., f/k/a Stoughton Trailers, Inc. | $180,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against STI Holdings for using a written preemployment test for entry-level assembler positions that allegedly had a disparate impact on African-American and female applicants. By a two-year consent decree, STI is enjoined from using the challenged test or any other pre-employment selection procedure which has or may have a disparate impact on African Americans or women without providing EEOC an opportunity to review information on its validity and raise objections with the court. ... (read more) |
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| (October 6, 2003) - Smith v. Westlake Manufacturer's Representatives, Inc. | $42,000 |
| Kerry Smith was employed from August 1999 through May 2000, and again from November 2000 through July 16, 2001, as an office manager/receptionist at Westlake Manufacturers. She alleged that the owner and president of the company subjected her to sexual harassment, and retaliated against her when she complained. ... (read more) |
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| (October 2, 2003) - EEOC v. Sierra Development Co., d/b/a Club Cal Neva | $23,500 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Sierra Development Company, which was doing business as Club Cal Neva, on September 26, 2002. The EEOC alleged that Club Cal Neva discriminated against Christine Shackett by paying her unequal compensation compared to male employees and retaliated against Shackett for complaining of discrimination by suspending her. ... (read more) |
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| (October 1, 2003) - EEOC v. Colonial Ice Cream, Inc. | $368,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Colonial Ice Cream, Inc. The lawsuit alleged that defendant, an operator of several family restaurants in Northern Illinois, tolerated the sexual harassment of waitresses, some of whom were still in high school, during their employment at the Crystal Lake, Illinois restaurant. ... (read more) |
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| (September 30, 2003) - EEOC v. New Prime Inc. | $95,000 |
| A former New Prime, Inc. truck driver trainee was awarded $95,000 by a federal jury in Kansas. ... (read more) |
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| (September 24, 2003) - EEOC v. Great American Foods Corporation | $81,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Great American Foods Corporation, a restaurant chain with 22 locations in Texas and Oklahoma and over 500 employees. The lawsuit alleged that Great American Foods subjected charging party, a waitress, to a sexually hostile working environment through the actions of restaurant managers at its Idabel, Oklahoma location. ... (read more) |
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| (September 12, 2003) - EEOC v. Meristar Management Co., LLC, Radisson Inn Rochester | $625,000 |
| A minor and at least nine other female housekeepers were subjected to sexual harassment by at least two male employees while working for the defendant, a hotel company. The harassment included sexual touching and daily sexual propositions. ... (read more) |
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| (September 11, 2003) - EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Texas) | $150,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the nationwide retail chain. The lawsuit alleged that Wal-Mart Stores in Texas subjected charging party, a female Bakery Department employee, to a sexually hostile working environment through the actions of the Bakery Manager. ... (read more) |
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| (September 9, 2003) - EEOC v. Control Building Services, Inc. | $575,000 |
| The Philadelphia EEOC Office alleged in this Title VII lawsuit that Control Building Services, Inc, a cleaning contractor, subjected two female maintenance employees to a hostile working environment based on their sex and national origin (Polish), and that the women were given extra cleaning assignments in retaliation for rejecting their supervisor's sexual advances. The supervisor repeatedly called the two women derogatory names which emphasized their Polish heritage and requested sexual intercourse and other sexual acts with them. ... (read more) |
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| (September 9, 2003) - EEOC v. First Transit, Inc. | $85,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against First Transit, Inc. alleging that it subjected charging party, a bus driver, to a sexually hostile working environment through the actions of her supervisor. ... (read more) |
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| (August 19, 2003) - Ramirez v. Ron-Bar, Inc. | $35,500 |
| Burger King Parent Company Settles Strip Search Lawsuit for $35,500
Ron-Bar, Inc., the parent company of an Odessa, Texas Burger King, has agreed to pay $35,500 to settle sexual harassment claims brought by a 22-year-old former employee. Blanca Ramirez claimed that she was harassed after her manager forced her to strip in a restaurant restroom. ... (read more) |
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| (August 7, 2003) - EEOC v. Cheap Tickets Inc. | $1,100,000 |
| In 2003, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Cheap Tickets, a leading retailer of discounted leisure travel products, reached a settlement of $1.1 million for female agents working at Cheap Tickets' Los Angeles Call Center (which closed in September 2001) subjected to a sexually hostile work environment by their supervisors.. ... (read more) |
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| (August 5, 2003) - EEOC v. Equicredit Corporation of America | $190,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Equicredit Corporation of America, a mortgage financing subsidiary of Bank of America, alleging that it subjected a female mortgage loan processor and another female employee to a sexually hostile working environment. The harassment included unwelcome touching and offensive and derogatory remarks and gestures by two male assistant managers. ... (read more) |
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| (June 30, 2003) - EEOC v. InteliOffice, LLC and Intelitouch.com | $112,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against InteliOffice, LLC and Intelitouch.com, related businesses that provide an internet-based customer relationship management system designed for real estate professionals. The lawsuit alleged that defendants retaliated against charging party, an Area Sales Manager, when they demoted her, suspended her and discharged her shortly after she complained about inappropriate sexual language being used by a manager during an employee training session. ... (read more) |
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| (June 19, 2003) - EEOC v. Piazza Trucking Co. | $80,000 |
| A female trucker filed charges against Piazza Trucking Co. for terminating her based on her sex. ... (read more) |
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| (June 19, 2003) - EEOC v. Pizza Hut (1) | $360,000 |
| A sexual harassment lawsuit against Pizza Hut, the national restaurant chain based in Dallas, Texas, was settled for $360,000 on behalf of four female former employees who were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment. The harassment included sexual touching and groping. ... (read more) |
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| (June 9, 2003) - Desert's Place, Inc. v. Costa | |
| The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII does not require a plaintiff to show direct evidence of discrimination in order to get mixed-motive instructions to the jury. ... (read more) |
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| (June, 2003) - EEOC v. Titanium Metals Corporation d/b/a TIMET | $217,500 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Titanium Metals Corporation, which was doing business as TIMET. The lawsuit alleged that defendant subjected four current and two former female employees at its manufacturing plant in Henderson, Nevada to a sexually hostile working environment and retaliated against some of the women for complaining about the harassment. ... (read more) |
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| (May 21, 2003) - EEOC v. Reynolds Metals Company and Local 400, United Steelworkers Union | $75,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Reynolds Metals Company and Local 400, United Steelworkers Union. The lawsuit alleged that defendants discriminated against charging party, a female machine worker, by subjecting her to a sexually hostile working environment and by retaliating against her after she complained. ... (read more) |
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| (April 29, 2003) - EEOC v. Dial Corporation (Illinois) | $10 million |
| Dial, a manufacturer of soap products, allegedly engaged in a pattern or practice of sexual harassment and sex-based harassment against a group of current and former female employees at its Montgomery, Illinois facility, beginning around July 1988. The women alleged that male co-workers and supervisors propositioned them for sex, groped them and called them derogatory names. ... (read more) |
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| (April 23, 2003) - Dryer v. Ventura County, CA | $165,000 |
| Ventura County, CA officials settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against former Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) by a woman who had served as one of his top lieutenants.
A settlement of $165,000 was paid to Terry Dryer, a 28-year county employee, one of the CAO's top assistants. ... (read more) |
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| (April 23, 2003) - EEOC v. West Covina Motors, Inc., d/b/a Clippinger Chevrolet Oldsmobile and West Covina Dodge | $75,000 |
| The EEOC instituted a lawsuit against West Covina Motors, Inc., which was doing business as Clippinger Chevrolet Oldsmobile and West Covina Dodge, on August 15, 2002. The EEOC alleged that West Covina Motors had subjected Stephanie Kalm to sexual harassment and retaliation. ... (read more) |
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| (April 21, 2003) - EEOC v. Kettering University | $55,000 |
| The EEOC alleged that Kettering University, an engineering college, paid charging party, a female Full Professor of Communications, fewer wages than male Professors and denied her the opportunity to earn supplemental income because of her sex. Charging party was hired by defendant in 1989 as an Associate Professor, granted tenure in 1991 and made a Full Professor in 1995. ... (read more) |
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| (April 21, 2003) - EEOC v. Lutheran Medical Center | $5,425,000 |
| The EEOC's largest sexual harassment settlement ever in the state of New York was reached in April 2003 for $5.425 million and significant remedial relief on behalf of a class of female workers at Lutheran Medical Center (Lutheran), a hospital based in Brooklyn, New York. The EEOC alleged that Dr. ... (read more) |
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| (April 4, 2003) - EEOC and Anderson v. Urban Retail Properties | $250,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Urban Retail Properties ("Urban"), a property management company, that resulted in a consent decree. The suit alleged that Urban subjected five female security guards to a sexually hostile work environment at a shopping mall managed by the company. ... (read more) |
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| (April 1, 2003) - Lizee v. Western State Hospital | $896,000 |
| Kathleen Lizee, a Western State Hospital administrator, settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with Western State Hospital in April 2003. Lizee filed the lawsuit claiming that a coworker and union leader sexually harassed her for a period of about three years. ... (read more) |
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| (March 28, 2003) - EEOC v. Rogers Enterprises, Inc. | $155,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Rogers Enterprises, Inc., a jewelry retailer. The lawsuit alleged that Rogers Enterprises subjected three female store employees to a sexually hostile working environment and transferred one of them to a store farther away from her home in retaliation for complaining of the harassment. ... (read more) |
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| (March 26, 2003) - EEOC v. Imagine Group, Inc., and Allen Fredman | $45.070 |
| The EEOC alleged in this breach of contract action that defendants failed to pay charging party the settlement amount the parties had agreed upon pursuant to an agreement negotiated through EEOC's mediation program. Charging party filed an EEOC charge alleging that she had been sexually harassed and discriminated against on the basis of sex (pregnancy) during her employment with defendants. ... (read more) |
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| (March 18, 2003) - EEEOC v. I Sector Corp. and All Star Systems, Inc. | $175,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Sector Corp. and All Star Systems, Inc., a Houston-based computer parts company. ... (read more) |
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| (March 13, 2003) - EEOC v. Gurtz Electric Co. and Pickus Construction & Equipment Co. | $50,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Gurtz Electric Company and Pickus Construction and Equipment Company, Inc., alleging that Gurtz, an electrical subcontractor, and Pickus, a general construction contractor, subjected female workers to a sexually hostile work environment. The lawsuit alleged that Pickus and Gurtz permitted sexually explicit and offensive graffiti about women in portable toilets and in other areas of the construction site and ignored sexually offensive remarks made to Wendy Cordts, a female electrician employed by Gurtz, who was an explicit target of some of the graffiti. ... (read more) |
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| (March 12, 2003) - EEOC v. Groendyke Transport, Inc | $310,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Groendyke Transport, Inc., an interstate tank truck carrier. The lawsuit alleged that Groendyke retaliated against charging party, a Chemical Dispatcher, by firing her after she complained that she was being sexually harassed by the Terminal Manager. ... (read more) |
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| (March 3, 2003) - EEOC v. GeoLogistics Americas, Inc | $100,000 |
| Defendant, a freight and cargo shipping agent, retaliated against the charging party, an employee in defendant's Processing Department, when it fired her after she complained that she was denied training opportunities because of her sex (female). The Processing Department, which was responsible for distributing merchandise to department stores, had only female employees and the Receiving Department, which was responsible for unloading pallets of merchandise using forklifts, had only male employees. ... (read more) |
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| (February 26, 2003) - EEOC v. P & O Nedlloyd, Ltd. and John Chaney and David Pope | $125,000 |
| Defendant, an accounting firm, was accused of retaliating against Carol D'Avilar-Etkins, an accountant, when it denied her severance benefits after she filed a charge of discrimination alleging that the firm had discriminated against her on the basis of sex (pregnancy) and race when it selected her for discharge during a reduction in force (RIF). Shortly after she filed the EEOC charge, P&O Nedlloyd allegedly advised D'Avilar-Etkins that she was no longer eligible to receive severance benefits in the RIF because she had filed a charge. ... (read more) |
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| (February 14, 2003) - EEOC v. Simat, Helliesen & Eichner, Inc. and Reed Telepublishing Ltd. | $2,300,000 |
| Simat, Helliesen & Eichner (SH&E), an aviation consulting firm, and Reed Elsevier, Inc. agreed to a consent decree that was approved on Feb. ... (read more) |
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| (February 13, 2003) - EEOC and Cott v. South Beach Beverage Company, Inc. and Pepsico, Inc. | $958,900 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against South Beach Beverage Company and Pepsico, Inc. in December 2002. ... (read more) |
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| (February 11, 2003) - Armstrong v. Charlotte County | $330,000 |
| Following a four-day trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Elizabeth Armstrong, on her claims of hostile work environment, disparate treatment, and retaliation. The jury awarded plaintiff compensatory damages of $55,000 for lost wages and benefits to the date of trial, and $275,000 for emotional pain and mental anguish. ... (read more) |
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| (February 11, 2003) - U.S. v. Northwest New Mexico Regional Solid Waste Authority | $148,000 |
| The Waste Authority agreed to pay $148,000 to four women who alleged they were racially and sexually harassed. Several women claimed that the abuse was so severe they were forced to leave their positions (constructive discharge). ... (read more) |
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| (February 2, 2003) - Mehringer v. Bloomingdale | $1,100,000 |
| A federal jury in Illinois ordered Bloomingdale to apy $1.1 million in a sex discrimination suit brought by Shelly Mehringer. Mehringer worked at Bloomingdale and repeatedly complained to her supervisors about the sexual harassment she was subjected to. ... (read more) |
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| (January 28, 2003) - Rodriguez v. Radisson Prince Charles Hotel and Clyde Wilson | $213,433 |
| Altagracia Rodriguez, a former banquet worker, won a $200,000+ judgment against Radisson Prince Charles Hotel and manager Clyde Wilson for sexual harassment. The Cumberland County Superior Court ordered Wilson to pay Rodriguez $8,100. ... (read more) |
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| (January 24, 2003) - Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | $3,800,000 |
| A federal jury in Alabama awarded Lilly Ledbetter $3.8 million in her gender discrimination lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. The lawsuit alleged that Ledbetter was paid less than her fellow male coworkers for approximately 20 years. ... (read more) |
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| (January 22, 2003) - EEOC v. Flint Ink Corporation | $120,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Flink Ink Corporation on January 22, 2003 on behalf of two Flint Ink employees, Barbara Mark and Colleen Dalton. The lawsuit alleged that Flint Ink payed Mark and Dalton, both of whom were Printing Research Laboratory employees, a lower salary than it paid to male Printing Research Laboratory employees although they were performing substantially equal work. ... (read more) |
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| (January 7, 2003) - EEOC v. New England Serum Company, Inc. | $150,000 |
| Defendant, a distributor of pet care products, subjected several Honduran female employees to a hostile working environment based upon their sex and national origin. Two of the employees' managers touched the employees' buttocks and breasts, hugged and kissed the women, used sexually explicit language and gestures, made demands for sexual favors, used demeaning language, and demanded that two of the women submit to sexual intercourse as a condition for keeping their jobs. ... (read more) |
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| (January 2, 2003) - EEOC v. Home Depot, Inc. (Houston) | $125,000 |
| The Houston District Office alleged in this Title VII lawsuit that defendant discriminated against charging party, a female sales clerk, based on her sex by failing to promote her to an assistant store manager position. Two less qualified male co-workers were promoted instead of charging party and she was not even interviewed for the position. ... (read more) |
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| (2003) - De la Rua v. Marion County | $155,000 |
| In 2003, a former Marion County sheriff's deputy settled her sexual harassment and gender discrimination lawsuit against the Sheriff and another ex-deputy. Former Detective Pamela De la Rua will receive $150,000 from the sheriff's office and $5,000 from the ex-deputy. ... (read more) |
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| (2003) - EEOC v. Bass Cabinet Manufacturing, Inc. | $25,000 |
| The EEOC alleged that Bass paid a female employee at rates less than the rates paid male employees performing substantially equal work on the job. When the female employee was terminated, after 12 years of working for the company, she was one of four assistant foremen in the Face Frame Department. ... (read more) |
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| (2003) - EEOC v. IHOP | $180,000 |
| The International House of Pancakes agreed to pay $180,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by four female employees. Their supervisor touched them inappropriately and made lewd comments. ... (read more) |
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| (2003) - EEOC v. Kimbrell's Furniture | $25,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Kimbrell's Furniture. The lawsuit alleged that a former female employee of Kimbrell's was sexually harassed by a male coworker at the store in Statesville, NC. ... (read more) |
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| (2003) - EEOC v. Phoenix Management Limited Co. | $120,000 |
| Pamela Cook, a female comptroller who was paid less by the management and financial services company than the man who previously held her position, received $120,000 in a settlement with Phoenix Management Limited Co. . ... (read more) |
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| (2003) - EEOC v. Rio Bravo International, Inc. and Innovative Restaurant Corporation | $1,550,000 |
| The lawsuit was originally brought against Applebee's International, Inc., Rio Bravo International, Inc. and Innovative Restaurant Concepts, Inc. ... (read more) |
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| (December 26, 2002) - EEOC v. Ford Motor Co. Dearborn | |
| Ford Motor Co. and a female employee who complained that she was sexually harassed by two male co-workers for almost two years at Ford's Dearborn stamping plant agreed to settle the case for an undisclosed amount of money. ... (read more) |
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| (December 23, 2002) - EEOC v. Golf Galaxy, Inc | $80,000 |
| The EEOC alleged that Golf Galaxy, a nationwide retailer of golfing products, subjected Kelly Colonero, a Customer Service Manager, to a sexually hostile work environment and retaliated against her after she complained about the harassment. The General Sales Manager of the store where Colonero worked made sexually explicit comments and used sexually derogatory language, propositioned her for sex and dates, and inappropriately touched her.
Golf Galaxy agreed to settle the case with a consent decree without admitting any fault. ... (read more) |
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| (December 23, 2002) - EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Arizona) | $220,000 |
| The EEOC settled a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for $220,000 in damages and other relief for its failure to hire a female applicant due to her pregnancy.
Under the consent decree, which was filed in Arizona District Court, Wal-Mart will pay nearly a quarter million dollars to Ms. ... (read more) |
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| (December 19, 2002) - EEOC v. L&L Wings, Inc. | $115,000 |
| Defendant, an owner/operator of a chain of retail stores which sell beachwear and accessories, subjected four female summer sales associates, ages 16 to 18, to a sexually hostile working environment and discharged one of them because of her sex. The Store Manager and the Assistant Manager repeatedly made comments about the claimants' bodies, questioned them about their sexual activities, touched their legs and buttocks and propositioned them for sex. ... (read more) |
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| (December 17, 2002) - EEOC v. Nielsen & Bainbridge, L.L.C. | $155,000 |
| Nielsen & Bainbridge, LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of containers and laminated foam boards, subjected four black female production workers to harassment based on sex and race. Both supervisors and co-workers participated in the harassment, including exposing their buttocks and genitalia, referring to women as "bitches" and "black hairy dog" and, on two occasions, opening the restroom door when a female worker was using the toilet and throwing water on her. ... (read more) |
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| (December 17, 2002) - EEOC v. RadioShack | $45,000 |
| RadioShack Corp. agreed to pay a $45,000 settlement to a St. ... (read more) |
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| (December 16, 2002) - EEOC and Williams v. BK, Inc. d/b/a Church's Chicken | $370,183.09 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against BK, Inc., which was doing business as Church's Chicken. The EEOC originally received a complaint by S.W., a minor (14 years old) who was employeed at Church's Chicken, alleging that she was sexually harassed and raped, leading to her constructive discharge. ... (read more) |
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| (December 10, 2002) - EEOC v. Norstan Apparel Shops, Inc | $250,000 |
| Defendant, a clothing retailer, retaliated against charging party, a Store Manager, by terminating her after she reported to her District Manager that several of her female subordinates complained that they were being sexually harassed by another (male) Store Manager. The case was resolved through a consent decree which provides a payment of $250,000 in monetary relief to charging party. ... (read more) |
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| (December 5, 2002) - EEOC v. Brink's, Inc. | $58,750 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Brink's, Inc., a security firm. The lawsuit alleged that Brink's discriminated against charging party, a female employee, when it failed to promote her to an Assistant Branch Manager position because of her sex and instead selected a less qualified male for the promotion. ... (read more) |
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| (November, 2002) - EEOC v. NYPD | $1,850,000 |
| New York City agreed to pay six current or former police officers $1.85 million to settle a 1998 federal lawsuit accusing the New York City Police Department of sexual harassment and retaliation. According to retired officer Stacey Maher, the central figure in the lawsuit, some police supervisors had expected sexual favors in exchange for better postings, and officers who reported such offenses faced retaliation. ... (read more) |
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| (October 11, 2002) - EEOC v. Ralph's, Inc. d/b/a Sherman IGA and IGA, Inc. | $96,500 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Ralph's, Inc., which was doing business as Sherman IGA and IGA, Inc. Kimberly Pierce, Barbara Munson, and Jo Munson originally filed charges of sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and constructive discharge against Ralph's in 1999 and 2000. ... (read more) |
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| (October 10, 2002) - EEOC v. NYNEX and Bell Atlantic | |
| Judge Denny Chin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York approved a Consent Decree in a major class action lawsuit alleging pregnancy discrimination against Verizon predecessor telephone companies NYNEX and Bell Atlantic. ... (read more) |
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| (October 4, 2002) - Wilfong and EEOC v. Rent-A-Center, Inc. | $47,000,000 |
| Judge David Herndon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted final approval to a $47,000,000 landmark agreement reached on behalf of a class of over 5,000 women. ... (read more) |
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| (October 2, 2002) - EEOC v. Austin J. Decoster, d/b/a Decoster Farms of Iowa, and Iowa AG, LLC | $1,525,000 |
| The Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) filed a charge of discriination with the EEOC alleging that Austin J. DeCoster doing business as DeCoster Farms of Iowa and Iowa Ag., LLC were maintaining an environment hostile to Mexican female employees at DeCoster's egg processing facilities in Iowa through sexual assaults (including rapes) and sexual harassment, discriminatory treatment of Mexican workers on the basis of national origin, and retaliation. ... (read more) |
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| (September 24, 2002) - EEOC v. Chesrown Chevrolet | $1,000,000 |
| In 2002, a federal jury in Colorado awarded $1 million to the former business development manager of a Denver dealership who claimed she suffered sexual harassment on the job for nearly four years. The plaintiff alleged that she was subjected to pinching, kissing, sexually explicit comments and was the target of false, sexually explicit rumors while employed by Chesrown Chevrolet.. ... (read more) |
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| (September 9, 2002) - Stapp v. Department of the Navy | $5,000 |
| Charging party filed a complaint with the EEOC alleging that she had been sexually harassed by her male coworkers. The EEOC conducted an investigation and issued a decision awarding charging party $5,000 in damages. ... (read more) |
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| (August 29, 2002) - Lazard v. United States Postal Service | $150,000 |
| Complainant, a Supervisor of Distribution Operations, claimed she was sexually harassed by a male Manager (RMO1). Specifically, she stated that RMO1 repeatedly commented on her clothing and physical attributes, indicated that going out with him could advance her career, and became hostile when she rejected his advances. ... (read more) |
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| (August 22, 2002) - EEOC and Manor v. Advantage Staffing, Inc. and James Peril | $60,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Advantage Staffing, Inc. on July 31, 2001. ... (read more) |
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| (August 21, 2002) - EEOC and Richardson v. Technicolor, Inc., d/b/a Video Services, and Technicolor Videocasette, Inc. | $875,000 |
| The EEOC settled a sex discrimination lawsuit brought against Technicolor Videocasette (referred to collectively as "Technicolor"). The lawsuit was originally brought by the EEOC on August 7, 2001 against Technicolor, Inc., which was doing business as Video Services, and was later amended to add Technicolor Videocasette, Inc. ... (read more) |
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| (August 21, 2002) - EEOC v. Regents of the University of California | $40,000 |
| The EEOC entered into a consent decree with the Regents of the University of California on August 21, 2002 to resolve sex discrimination claims brought against the University. On September 27, 2001 the EEOC filed a lawsuit against the University alleging that Rene Nakasone and similarly situated female instructors teaching for the University's Irvine Extension program (UCI Extension) were paid less than men. ... (read more) |
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| (July 25, 2002) - Merino v. Ventura County Fire Department | $28,000 |
| The Ventura County Fire Department discriminated against a female firefighter by subjecting her to a hostile work environment on the basis of her gender, a jury ruled Wednesday.
But jurors awarded firefighter Anne Merino only a fraction of the damages she had sought, a little more than $28,000, and cleared her male supervisor of wrongdoing. ... (read more) |
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| (July 14, 2002) - Gober v. Ralph's Grocery | $8,250,000 in punitive damages, plus compensatory |
| Sex female plaintiffs sued Ralph's Grocery for sexual harassment they endured while working at the grocery store. The women alleged that the store manager repeatedly verbally and physically harassed them. ... (read more) |
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| (July, 2002) - DeMichele v. New Boston Select Group, Inc. | $2,100,000 |
| The former President of New Boston Select Staffing was awarded more than $666,000 in compensatory and $1.5 million in punitive damages after she claimed the chairman of her employer's parent company sexually harassed her and fired her when she verbally complained. The plaintiff also charged that the company retaliated against her after she submitted a written complaint by asserting that she had quit and suing her for making improper financial commitments on behalf of the company, knowing she was about to resign.. ... (read more) |
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| (June 17, 2002) - Kosen v. American Express Financial Advisors, Inc., IDS FInancial Services, Inc., IDS Life Insurance | $31 million |
| Female financial advisors alleged that American Express Financial Advisors, Inc., IDS Financial Services, Inc., IDS Life Insurance, Inc., American Express Financial Corporation, and American Express Company (referred to collectively as "American Express") engaged in preferential treatment of male advisors in mentoring, promotion, compensation, and work assignments. The plaintiffs alleged on behalf of themselves and members of the class that aspects of their employment in which they have experienced gender and/or age discrimination include, but are not limited to, career advancement, failure to hire as a Financial Advisor, distribution of leads and accounts, work assignments, promotion, compensation, a sexually hostile work environment, retaliation, termination, layoff, and/or other terms and conditions of employment. ... (read more) |
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| (June, 2002) - EEOC and Umana v. UNICCO Services, Inc./UNICCO Integrated Facilities Services | $1 million |
| Seven women filed complaints with the Mass. Commission Against Discrimination and the EEOC alleging that their employer, UNICCO Services/UNICCO Integrated Facilities Services discriminated against them on the basis of sex. ... (read more) |
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| (May 31, 2002) - EEOC v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc. | Undisclosed amount |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against J.C. Penney Company on September 29, 2000 after it received numerous complaints of sex discrimination. ... (read more) |
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| (May 16, 2002) - Allen v. Dr. Avery Beall Jr. | $135,000 |
| A Troup County State Court jury awarded a former dental assistant $125,000 in compensatory damages and $10,000 in punitive damages in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against the LaGrange dentist who employed her.. . ... (read more) |
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| (April 29, 2002) - EEOC and McGuire v. Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide, d/b/a W Seattle Hotel | $100,000 |
| Brandi McGuire, Clare McFadden, Rachel Beals, Kasie Barker, and Steven Sloan filed charges of sex discrimination with the EEOC against their employer, Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide, which was doing business as W Seattle Hotel. The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Starwood Hotel on May 21, 2001, and the complainants intervened in the lawsuit. ... (read more) |
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| (April 2, 2002) - Mancini v. Township of Teaneck, Teaneck Police Department | $1,100,000 |
| In 2002, the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld a $1.1 million damages award to a Teaneck police officer who alleged sexual harassment by her colleagues. Lt. ... (read more) |
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| (April, 2002) - EEOC v. Eastern Michigan University | $100,000 |
| On April 27, 2000, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ('EEOC') announced that it had reached an agreement with Eastern Michigan University ('EMU') to settle a lawsuit in which the EEOC alleged that EMU had unlawfully discriminated against a female professor by paying her less than her male colleagues for doing the same work. ... (read more) |
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| (March 18, 2002) - EEOC v. American Home Products Corp | $478,500 |
| The EEOC filed suit against American Home Products Corp. (now named Wyeth) alleging that sex female employees were sexually harassed and two human resource employees were discharged in retaliation for their protected activities. ... (read more) |
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| (March 14, 2002) - EEOC v. UNICCO | $1,000,000 |
| UNICCO Service Company agreed to pay $1 million and to revamp its anti-discrimination policies in order to settle allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against female employees.
UNICCO, a national, privately held company that provides custodial, security and maintenance services, will pay $500,000 in damages to seven women who accused their former employer of failing to act on claims of physical and verbal sexual harassment and, in some cases, of retaliating against those who complained. An additional $500,000 will be put into a separate claims fund to benefit other female employees who were sexually harassed, retaliated against or forced to quit because of working conditions at UNICCO. ... (read more) |
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| (March 11, 2002) - Kotla v. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | $1,000,000 |
| Dee Kotla, a former computer technician at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, filed suit against her former employer alleging wrongful termination. Kotla alleged, among other things, that the Laboratory fired her because she protested the unequal pay between male and female employees at the Laboratory. ... (read more) |
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| (February 20, 2002) - EEOC v. Optical Cable Corporation | $1,000,000 |
| A $1 million settlement of a class action race and gender discrimination lawsuit was reached against Optical Cable Corporation, a high-tech employer and publicly held company that manufactures fiber-optic cables. EEOC's suit alleged that Optical Cable failed to hire African-American applicants for a 10-year period, by assigning women to lower paying positions than their similarly situated male counterparts, and by wrongfully discharging a former African-American employee based on his race. ... (read more) |
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| (January 16, 2002) - EEOC and Martinez v. Roquemore, Pringle & Moore, Inc., a California corporation; and DOES 1 through | $125,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Roquemore, Pringle & Moore, alleging that it subjected Brenda Moore and similarly situated employees to a hostile work environment based on sex and national origins and retaliated against them for complaining. Brenda Martinez intervened in the action. ... (read more) |
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| (2002) - EEOC v. Anthony Allega Cement Contractor, Inc. | $50,000 |
| In 2002, the EEOC obtained $50,000 in relief for a female cement finisher. EEOC claimed that the company failed to recall her after a seasonal layoff because of her sex.. ... (read more) |
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| (2002) - EEOC v. Bean Lumber Co. | $45,000 |
| The Commission alleged that Arkansas-based Bean Lumber Company, refused to promote an employee and then discharged her because of her pregnancy. Additionally, the company's maternity leave policy placed restrictions on pregnant employees who attempted to work past their fourth month. ... (read more) |
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| (2002) - EEOC v. Country Kitchen Family Restaurants | $75,000 |
| Country Kitchen Family Restaurants in Arizona agreed to settle a sexual harassment suit brought by the EEOC for $75,000. The EEOC contended that the general manager of a Globe, Arizona restaurant subjected female employees to sexual touching and innuendos, while the assistant manager engaged in unwelcome touching and verbal harassment of two teen-aged male employees. ... (read more) |
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| (2002) - EEOC v. Danka Office Imaging Co | $375,000 |
| In 2002. the EEOC obtained $375,000 in settlement on behalf of black females who were subjected to a racially and sexually hostile environment and were assigned the least desirable jobs when they complained.
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| (2002) - EEOC v. Delta Airlines | $150,000 |
| The EEOC alleged that an airline discharged one ramp agent and required another to take unpaid medical leave because they where pregnant. The case settlement provided the discharged agent with $60,000 in back pay and $50,000 in compensatory damages; the second ramp agent received $15,000 in back pay and $25,000 in compensatory damages.. ... (read more) |
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| (2002) - EEOC v. Four Corners, Inc. d/b/a Key Energy Services, Inc. | $25,000 |
| A female controller was paid less than a male predecessor. She received $25,000 and an increase in salary to $80,000.. ... (read more) |
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| (2002) - EEOC v. Lagadinos, Inc. d/b/a Double T Diner | $300,000 |
| The EEOC uncovered widespread sexual harassment by male staff members directed at female food servers, including abusive sexual language and inappropriate touching, at Lagadinos, Inc., which was doing business as Double T Diner. A settlement provided $300,000 in monetary relief to 12 women affected by these practices. ... (read more) |
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| (2002) - EEOC v. Marchfirst,Inc. | $120,000 |
| A former employee of Marchfirst filed a complaint with the EEOC alleging that she was discriminated against because she was pregnant. The employee was an Executive Assistant but alleged she was demoted to chief financial officer because of her pregnancy. ... (read more) |
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| (2002) - EEOC V. Medical Center Brace & Limb | $200,000 |
| Medical Center Brace & Limb, a Houston-based prosthetics device manufacturer, agreed to settle the sexual harassment claims of three former female employees for $200,000. The three women alleged that the company's owner and CEO exposed himself to them and required them to attend therapy sessions with him. ... (read more) |
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| (2002) - EEOC v. Project Development Group | $47,000 |
| An asbestos removal company, the Project Development Group, discharged two Hispanic female workers because of their sex. A high level manager allegedly ordered a subordinate manager to fire the two women because he did not want women working as asbestos abatement workers. ... (read more) |
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| (2002) - Spina v. Forest Preserve District of Cook County | $1,150,000 |
| A woman police officer in Chicago who won $300,000 in a sex discrimination and harassment lawsuit may never see her award because of income taxes required by federal tax laws. In December 2001, Officer Cynthia Spina was awarded $3 million by a federal jury in her lawsuit against the Forest Preserve District of Cook County - $2 million more than she requested. ... (read more) |
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| (December 27, 2001) - Lundien v. United Airlines | $55,000 |
| Mina Lundien filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against United Airlines, alleging that she would not have been fired if she were a man. Lundien worked as a ramp supervisor for the airline and was fired in 1997 for an alleged safety violation. ... (read more) |
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| (December 19, 2001) - EEOC v. Good Samaritan Community Healthcare and Puyallup Professional Associates, d/b/a Good Samarit | $170,000 |
| Dawn Bisceglia, Tamara Bozeman, Rebecca Brebner, Maria Hickox, and Amenda Leah-Clark all filed charges of sex discrimination with the EEOC against their employer, the Good Samaritan Community Healthcare and Puyallup Professional Associates, which was doing business as Good Samaritan Surgery Center. The EEOC conducted an investigation and found reasonable cause to believe the allegations were true. ... (read more) |
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| (October 22, 2001) - EEOC v. Hanson Motors, Inc. d/b/a Hanson Volkswagen, Inc. | $670,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Hanson Motors, Inc., which was doing business as Hanson Volkswagen, Inc. The lawsuit alleged that Hanson discriminated against Mary Anne Byrne, Treva Dills, and Heidi Mari on the basis of sex, primarily through the conduct of the general manager of the car dealership and other male supervisors. ... (read more) |
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| (September 19, 2001) - EEOC v. Outback Steakhouse | $2,200,000 |
| A jury awarded $2.2 million to Dena Zechella, a former employee of Outback Steakhouse. Outback paid Zechella - a female - considerably less than a similarly situated male employee who performed the same job duties. ... (read more) |
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| (September, 2001) - EEOC v. General Motors | $1,500,000 |
| The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today resolved its consolidated lawsuits against General Motors Corporation (GM) alleging violations of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the company's Linden, N.J., facility. ... (read more) |
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| (August 29, 2001) - EEOC and Mejia v. ABM Industries, Inc. and American Building Maintenance Co.-West d/b/a ABM Janitori | $50,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against ABM Industries and American Building Maintenance Company for allegedly discriminating against Angela Mejia and retaliating against her when she complained. ABM agreed to resolve the lawsuit through a consent decree, but it does not admit any fault or wrongdoing. ... (read more) |
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| (August 8, 2001) - EEOC v. Quality Art LLC and Palestra Capital | $3,500,000 |
| Quality Art LLC, a picture frame manufacturer, agreed to a $3.5 million settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit alleged that 35 female and Hispanic low-wage workers, mostly Mexican and Guatemalan, were subjected to widespread sexual harassment, national origin discrimination, and retaliation - including firing and forced resignations and reporting several employees to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for arrest and deportation after they complained about the discrimination. ... (read more) |
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| (July 9, 2001) - EEOC v. Lynn Public Schools | $400,000 |
| Rice says the Lynn Public Schools could do little to defend itself against the claim first filed in 1998 by 23 house workers, all of them women, with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They asserted that they perform essentially the same work as "junior building custodians," mostly men, but they do it for $1.50 per hour less than their male counterparts, and many of them do it without the benefit of permanent status and benefits. ... (read more) |
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| (May 24, 2001) - EEOC v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. (New York) | $2,600,000 |
| The EEOC negotiated a $2.6 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation against Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA). ... (read more) |
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| (April 10, 2001) - EEOC v. Charoen Pokphand | $485,000 |
| In 2004,the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a $485,000 settlement of a harassment lawsuit against Charoen Pokphand, USA, Inc., at its Eufaula, Ala., chicken processing plant. ... (read more) |
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| (April 2, 2001) - U.S. and Ness v. North Little Rock School District | $70,000 |
| Margaret Ness, a female employed as a secretary, alleged that North Little Rock School District discriminated against her on the basis of sex by sexually harassing her, increasing her work load, supervising her work more closely, and transferring to her a less desirable position after she made an internal complaint alleging sexual harassment. Ness also alleged that the school district failed or refused to take steps to remedy the situation after she complained. ... (read more) |
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| (February 27, 2001) - EEOC v. Kroger Grocery Stores | $750,000 |
| A Kroger grocery store in Marion, Illinois, has settled a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit by agreeing to pay a total of $750,000 to 14 women. The settlement was reached on February 27, 2001, on the first day of trial in federal court. ... (read more) |
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| (February 22, 2001) - Berry v. Postal Services | $1,000,000 |
| On February 22, 2001, a federal jury in Portland, Maine awarded $1 million to Stephanie Berry, a former postal employee in Portland. Berry filed the lawsuit alleging that she was sexually harassed and abused by coworkers. ... (read more) |
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| (2001) - Beaupre v. Cliff Smith and Associates and Clifford F. Smith | $250,000 |
| The plaintiff, Mary Kellie Beaupre, claimed sexual harassment and sex discrimination by her former employer, Cliff Smith and Associates and its President, Clifford F. Smith. ... (read more) |
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| (2001) - EEOC v. Bennigan's Grill & Tavern | $160,000 |
| In 2001, Bennigan's Grill & Tavern agreed to pay $160,000 to settle sex harassment claims brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of nine female waitresses at its Metro Center restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona. The Bennigan's outlets are owned by Dallas-based Metromedia Restaurant Services, Inc. ... (read more) |
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| (2001) - EEOC v. Golden Valley Produce | |
| In 2001, the EEOC reached a $150,000 settlement with two Bakersfield, California, agricultural employers, Golden Valley Produce, a carrot processing and distribution facility, and William Bolthouse Farms, a plant operator. The lawsuit alleged that a Golden Valley supervisor sexually harassed two female employees and that they were fired in retaliation for complaining to management.. ... (read more) |
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| (2001) - Elliot v. Gardena, CA Police Department | $1,650,000 |
| In 2001, the first sex discrimination suit ever brought against the Gardena City, CA Police Department resulted in $1.65 million award to Dianne Elliot, who served the Department for 14 years. Elliot, who was the Department's first female sergeant, claimed she was repeatedly passed over for promotion because of her gender and then retaliated against when she complained. ... (read more) |
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| (2001) - U.S. and Menefee v. New Mexico Department of Public Safety | |
| The United States filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the New Mexico Department of Public Safety after the EEOC forwarded it a complaint of discrimination filed by Crystel Menefee. Menefee, a female former employee of the State Police Division of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, alleged that she was sexually harassed, and the Department failed to take appropriate action to remedy the discriminatory treatment. ... (read more) |
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| (2001) - U.S. v. City of Bastrop, Louisiana | $100,000 |
| The United States filed a lawsuit against the City of Bastrop in Louisiana alleging that the City discriminated against Kimerbly Mullins, a white female formerly employed as an operator in the City's Streets Department, because of her race, white, and her sex, female. The City of Bastrop agreed to resolve the lawsuit through a consent decree, but it does not admit any fault or wrongdoing. ... (read more) |
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| (December 26, 2000) - EEOC v. Freightliner | Undisclosed |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Freightliner alleging that five female employees were sexually harassed at the Cleveland plant. Freightliner agreed to resolve the matter through a consent decree, though Freightliner did not admit to any fault or wrongdoing. ... (read more) |
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| (December 6, 2000) - EEOC v. Landis Plastics | $782,000 |
| Defendant Landis Plastics agreed to a $782,000 settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit against it, an industrial manufacturer with plants in New York, Illinois and Indiana, on behalf of a class of 30 female employees who were denied jobs or promotions at the company's operating plant in Solvay, N.Y. The lawsuit and Consent Decree were filed simultaneously in the U.S. ... (read more) |
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| (December 6, 2000) - EEOC v. Swift Transportation Co., Inc. (Kansas) | $450,000 |
| The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Swift Transportation Company, alleging that it paid lower wages to female employees than it paid to males for performing equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort and responsibility and which are performed under similar working conditions. Swift Transportation agreed to resolve the lawsuit through a consent decree, but it does not admit to any fault or wrongdoing. ... (read more) |
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| (October 11, 2000) - Steinhoff v. Hooters | $275,000 |
| A federal jury in 2000 ordered Hooters to pay $275,000 in damages to a former waitress who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Newport, Kentucky restaurant. The plaintiff, Sara Steinhoff, was employed at Hooters from October 1996 through October 1997. ... (read more) |
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| (September, 2000) - Gliner v. Saint-Gobain/Norton Industrial Ceramics Corporation | $1,135,000 |
| A jury awarded $1.135 million in a sex discrimination suit against a French medical manufacturing company for discrimination occurring in its Norton, Ohio plant. Four women claimed they lost their jobs during a 1995 "reduction in force" layoff, suffered pay disparities, and were unfairly targeted for termination. ... (read more) |
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| (August 29, 2000) - EEOC v. Josephthal & Co. | $330,000 |
| The EEOC and Josephthal & Co., Inc. today announced a voluntary settlement of an EEOC lawsuit filed in the U.S. ... (read more) |
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| (August 3, 2000) - EEOC v. Macnab Manufacturing, Inc. | $330,000 |
| Beverly Campbell and Christine Huestis filed charges of sex discrimination and retaliation with the EEOC in December 1998. The EEOC filed a lawsuit against Macnab Manufacturing on May 10, 1999 alleging that the women were sexually harassed and retaliated against when they complained. ... (read more) |
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| (July 8, 2000) - Allen v. University of Washington | $750,000 |
| The founder of the University of Washington's heart transplant program, Dr. Margaret Allen, resigned from the university and accepted $750,000 to settle her sex-discrimination lawsuit.According to documents filed in the mediation proceedings, Allen's conflicts began in about 1988 when members of the Anesthesiology Department started saying she was paranoid, difficult to get along with, insecure and indecisive. ... (read more) |
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| (July, 2000) - EEOC v. George Junior Republic | $280,000 |
| In 2000, the EEOC and George Junior Republic (GJR), a residential home for boys committed by the courts for rehabilitation, settled a lawsuit filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 alleging that at least six female employees were paid lower wages than their male counterparts and then were retaliated against and subjected to a hostile work environment because they complained about the wage discrepancy. The female employees were denied the same opportunities to work overtime and to obtain additional assignments as were provided to male counselor parents. ... (read more) |
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| (June 12, 2000) - EEOC v. Tyson Foods, Inc. | $3.2 million |
| The EEOC and Tyson Foods, Inc. agreed to a $3.2 million settlement of a sexual harassment and retaliation case. ... (read more) |
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| (June 6, 2000) - EEOC v. Disc Jockey | $446,159 |
| In 2000, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a $446,159 jury award where Disc Jockey failed to conduct a thorough investigation or take action to address a female manager's complaints of sexual harassment. Kerry Ogden, the sales manager at a Disc Jockey music store, was subjected to unwelcome sexual advances, physical touching, and propositions by her district manager for more than a year.. ... (read more) |
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| (June 5, 2000) - EEOC v. BMW | $530,000 |
| The plaintiff, who worked as a controller in the company's finance department, claimed the company discriminated against her, paid her less than male employees for the same work, and retaliated against her after she filed a complaint with the EEOC. In 2001, while the jury found that BMW did not discriminate against her, it nevertheless found that the company paid her less than males in similar positions and retaliated against her by scrutinizing her every move after she filed her complaint with the EEOC and awarded her $530,000.. ... (read more) |
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| (June, 2000) - EEOC v. Cincinnati Bell Telephone and Cincinnati Bell Information Systems | $1,000,000+ |
| The EEOC settled a class action lawsuit alleging pregnancy discrimination against Cincinnati Bell Telephone and Cincinnati Bell Information Systems. The lawsuit was originally filed in 1998 in an Ohio federal court, alleging that Cincinnati Bell did not give service credit to women for pre-1979 maternity leaves, which is a form of sex discrimination. ... (read more) |
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| (June, 2000) - EEOC v. London International Group | $625,000 |
| A $625,000 settlement with London International Group, LLC (LIG) was reached in a lawsuit charging the Eufaula-based plant, which manufactures condoms, with subjecting a class of employees to a hostile work environment in which they have been subjected to numerous racially and sexually derogatory cartoons and comments since 1995. In addition to monetary relief for eight named plaintiffs and a class of similarly situated individuals, LIG has agreed to implement and widely distribute a "Statement of Zero-Tolerance Policy" on discrimination to its current workforce and all new hires at its Eufaula plant. ... (read more) |
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| (June, 2000) - EEOC v. Pizza Hut (2) | $70,000 |
| A sexual harassment lawsuit was settled against Pizza Hut for $70,000. In its federal complaint, the EEOC alleged that a Pizza Hut manager had subjected a female employee to unwanted sexual comments and offensive touching. ... (read more) |
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| (May 4, 2000) - EEOC v. Toyota Logistics Services | Unknown |
| The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Toyota Logistics Services, Inc. ... (read more) |
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| (April 25, 2000) - Simmons-Beathea v. Baltimore Cable Access Corporation | $45,000 |
| Karen E. Simmons-Beathea charged that she was fired by the Baltimore Cable Access Corporation (BCAC) in retaliation for her complaint of sex-based wage discrimination. ... (read more) |
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| (March 30, 2000) - EEOC v. Advantage Staffing, Inc. | N/a |
| Advantage Staffing, Inc. and the EEOC agreed to a consent decree in March 2000 in response to a motion for a preliminary injunction by the EEOC. ... (read more) |
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| (March 22, 2000) - Hartman v. Albright (U.S. Information Agency and Voice of America) | $543,000,000 |
| In March 2000, the U.S. government (State Dept.) agreed to resolve a sex discrimination lawsuit brought against it for $508 million in damages. ... (read more) |
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| (March, 2000) - DOL v. Fifth Third Bank | $440,000 |
| Fifth Third Bank, paid $440,000 to female employees and minority job applicants who were allegedly discriminated against according to the Department of Labor. $247,000 of the settlement will be distributed to female professionals and managers as compensation for backpay.. ... (read more) |
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| (February 29, 2000) - U.S. v. Sunoco Inc. | $250,000 |
| Sunoco, Inc., which is U.S. petroleum refiner, agreed to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit with the U.S. ... (read more) |
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| (February 16, 2000) - OFCCP v. Ford Motor Company (National) | $3,800,000 |
| The United States Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) entered into a consent decree with Ford Motor Company on February 16, 2000. The OFCCP originally filed a lawsuit against Ford after it completed a compliance review of Ford's hiring practices. ... (read more) |
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| (January 13, 2000) - EEOC v. Denny's, Inc. | $425,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Denny's, Inc. April McCready, Monique Waldenstrom, Kim Kircher, Heide Cullen, Shelby Swearinger, Kelli Irish, and Sabrina Price intervened in the lawsuit. ... (read more) |
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| (January 7, 2000) - Sorrell (Attorney General) v. Asia Restaurant | $42,500 |
| The Attorney General of Vermont and Robert Bent, the private attorney for the complainants, settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with Asia Restaurant in Lyndonville, Vermont on January 7, 2000. The charges were filed by four women, who alleged that in 1996 they were sexually harassed while working as waitresses. ... (read more) |
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| (January 6, 2000) - EEOC v. Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc | $1,325,000 |
| Judge David H. Coar of the United States District Court in Chicago entered a $1.3 million consent decree resolving an EEOC racial and sexual harassment lawsuit against Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc. ... (read more) |
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| (2000) - U.S. and Dibble v. William R. Johnson, Ashtabula County Sheriff, in his official capacity, and the B | |
| Celecia Dibble filed a complaint with the EEOC charging that the Ashtabula County Sheriff refused to hire or consider hiring her and similarly situated females for positions of Correction Officer and Correction Officer/Medical Officer because of their sex. Dibble also alleged retaliation because she filed an EEOC complaint. ... (read more) |
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| (2000) - U.S. v. Calcasieu Parish School Board | $80,000 |
| The United States Dept of Justice filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Calcasieu Parish School Board following an EEOC claim filed by Dorenda Turner. In her complaint, Turner alleged that the School Board discriminated against her by failing or refusing to select her in June 1994 for an assistant principal position at Lake Charles Boston High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana, because of her sex. ... (read more) |
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| (2000) - U.S. v. Lumberton Municipal Utility District | $90,000 |
| The United States alleged in its lawsuit that Defendant Lumberton Municipal Utility District discriminated against Michelle L. Brewer, Jennifer Gay Soape, Patsy Lamb, and Judy Biscamp, females currently or formerly employed by the Lumberton, because of their sex. ... (read more) |
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| (2000) - U.S. v. Tennessee Department of Transportation | |
| The United States filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Tennessee Department of Transportation ("TDOT"), alleging that TDOT's recruitment and selection procedures for certain positions effectively discriminated against women. In order to resolve the lawsuit, TDOT entered into a consent decree with the United States, but it did not admit any fault or wrongdoing. ... (read more) |
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| (November 19, 1999) - OFCCP v. Boeing Co. | $4,500,000 |
| In November 1999, Boeing Co., the second largest federal contractor, agreed to resolve a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The OFCCP alleged that Boeing gave female employees unequal pay for comparable work. ... (read more) |
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| (October 28, 1999) - EEOC v. Swift Transportation Co., Inc. (Oregon) | $529,780 |
| The EEOC filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Swift Transportation Company, Inc. on June 24, 1997. ... (read more) |
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| (September 7, 1999) - EEOC v. Ford Motor Company (Chicago) | $8,000,000 |
| Women at Ford Motor Company’s Chicago plant filed charges against the company saying that they had been subjected to a hostile work environment, including obscene graffiti, verbal and physical harassment by fellow employees, and retaliation against women who reported such conduct. Ford agreed to pay a total of $8 million to resolve the lawsuit. ... (read more) |
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| (August, 1999) - Whalen v. Maryland County | $320,000 |
| Teresa Whalen, a former Maryland prosecutor, received $320,000 in a settlement with Maryland County for the sexual harassment she suffered while working under Robert L. Dean, former State Attorney. ... (read more) |
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| (July 20, 1999) - Wyatt v. Winn-Dixie | $33,0000 |
| In July 1997, Winn-Dixie, a national supermarket chain, agreed to resolve a large class-action sex and race discrimination lawsuit for $33 million. The lawsuit alleged that the store denied promotions to women and minority employees, subjected them to a hostile work environment and discriminatory terms and conditions of employment. ... (read more) |
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| (April 25, 1999) - Abraham v. Hyundai Semiconductor America Inc | $9,500,000 |
| Hyundai Semiconductor America Inc., a subdivision of Korean car company Hyundai, lost a $9.5 million sex and racial discrimination lawsuit Friday. The suit was filed by Jeff Abraham, owner of Technical Resources Inc., a human resources firm that was soliciting prospective employees for Hyundai. ... (read more) |
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| (February 23, 1999) - EEOC v. Tanimura & Antle | $1,855,000 |
| The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Tanimura & Antle, one of the largest lettuce growers/distributors in the United States, announced that they reached a $1,855,000 voluntary settlement, approved by U.S. District Court Judge James Ware in San Jose, California. ... (read more) |
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| (February 17, 1999) - Arango v. Mazda Motor Corp. | $4,400,000 |
| Plaintiff Gabriella Arango was awarded $4.4 million by a federal jury for sexual harassment she suffered by her supervisor while at Mazda. (This was later reduced by a judge to $3.5 million in punitive damages.) Arango alleged that her supervisor, a Japanese national who she was supposed to help acclimate both professionally and personnally to the new office in Miami, Florida, sexually harassed her. ... (read more) |
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| (January 20, 1999) - Peckinpaugh v. WFSB | $8,300,000 |
| Janet Peckinpaugh, a former news anchor at WFSB, received $8.3 million by a jury for discrimination she suffered based on sex and violation of contract. She was replaced by a younger woman and paid less than 1/5 of her former salary as anchor. ... (read more) |
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| (1999) - U.S. and Starling v. City of Alma, Georgia and Bacon County, Georgia | $180,000 |
| The United States filed a lawsuit against the City of Alma, Georgia and Bacon County, Georgia after the EEOC forwarded a complaint of discrimination filed by Pamela Starling. The lawsuit alleged that Alma and Bacon County through the Alma-Bacon County Fire and Emergency Medical Service discriminated against Starling and other similarly situated women on the basis of sex. ... (read more) |
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| (1999) - U.S. v. Sheriff of McLennan County, in his official capacity, and McLennan County | |
| The United States filed a lawsuit against the Sheriff of McLennan County, in his official capacity, and McLennan County alleging sex discrimination. McLennan County and the Sheriff agreed to resolve the lawsuit through a consent decree, but it does not admit any fault or wrongdoing. ... (read more) |
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| (August, 1998) - DeRossett v. General Motors | $1,000,000 |
| Julie DeRossett, a 20-year employee of General Motors' Willow Run transmission plant, agreed to settle her sexual harassment suit against General Motors for in excess of $1 million in compensation. DeRossett will receive a cash settlement, accrued company benefits and compensation for her legal costs. ... (read more) |
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| (June 26, 1998) - Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth | |
| Kimberly Ellerth, plaintiff, alleged that while working in the Chicago, Illinois office of Burlington Industries, Inc., a supervisor, Ted Slowik, sexually harassed her. Ellerth alleged that Slowik repeatedly made sexually offensive comments and threatened to deny her tangible job benefits, including a promotion, because she was not "loose enough." Ellerth did not report the alleged sexual harassment, and eventually quit her employment. ... (read more) |
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| (June 26, 1998) - Faragher v. City of Boca Raton | $1 million |
| The U.S. Supreme Court held that, under the Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers can be held vicariously liable for the discriminatory acts of their supervisors. ... (read more) |
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| (May 28, 1998) - EEOC v. BWD Group, LTD. | $1,200,000 |
| BWD Group, LTD., of Lake Success, New York, agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a sexual harassment case. The lawsuit was filed by the EEOC on behalf of nine women who calimed that a now-retired principal and a vice president of the company propositioned them, touched them on their breasts and buttocks, and questioned them about the size and shape of clients' breasts. ... (read more) |
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| (May, 1998) - Cremin et al. v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. | $600,000 + Claims Fund |
| A sex discrimination suit filed by eight female employees in January 1997 was settled in November 1998. The plaintiffs charged that they were systematically deprived of training, support staff, and other resources because of their sex. ... (read more) |
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| (February, 1998) - EEOC v. Astra USA Inc. | $9,850,000 |
| In February 1998, the EEOC filed a class action sex discrimination lawsuit against ASTRA USA. The lawsuit alleged that ASTRA maintained a sexually hostile work environment and retaliated against employees who reported or objected to such behavior. ... (read more) |
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| (February, 1998) - EEOC v. Rustic Inn Crabhouse | $786,000 |
| A federal jury awarded three women $786,000 for the sex discrimination they experienced while working at Rustin Inn Crabhouse in Florida. All three women were waitresses. ... (read more) |
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| (January 27, 1998) - EEOC v. Ames Textile Company | $22,653 + interest ($1,653.66) + Attorney's Fees ( |
| Ms. Slade alleged that she was subjected to a hostile working environment during the course of her employment by her supervisor, Michael Robinson. ... (read more) |
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| (January 9, 1998) - EEOC v. Betsy Ross Flag Girls | $206,000 |
| The EEOC filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Betsy Ross Flag Girls, a national leader in commercial flags and flagpoles and instaaltion, on behalf of six women. The women claimed that an executive made unwelcome verbal and physical advancements toward them. ... (read more) |
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| (January, 1998) - EEOC v. Nob Hill Foods | 1,300,000 |
| Nob Hill Foods agreed to settle a sex discrimination suit with the EEOC, which was filed on behalf of women and minorities who were denied promotions and jobs. Nob Hill had a history of keeping women and minorities in low pay, low status positions while promoting men to managerial and executive positions. ... (read more) |
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| (1998) - EEOC v. Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing | $34,000,000 |
| A sexual harassment suit was filed against a Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois on behalf of hundreds of female workers. At least 300 female employees were subjected to sexual harassment. ... (read more) |
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| (1998) - Jenson v. Eveleth Minnesota Mining Company (Parent Company, Oglebay Norton Co.) | $1 million+ |
| The Eveleth Minnesota Mining Company settled a 15-person class action sexual harassment suit filed by Lois Jenson. During the 1970s, plaintiffs alleged they were forced to take mace with them to work every day because they were repeatedly beaten, threatened with rape and murder, called "dogs." denied access to restrooms, and were inappropriately touched and grabbed by their fellow employees and supervisors. ... (read more) |
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| (September 20, 1997) - EEOC v. Home Depot, Inc. | $104,500,000 |
| Three days before trial, Home Depot USA agreed to settle a class action gender discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of about 8,000 women employees at their west coast division. Women claimed they were stuck in menial jobs, not hired or promoted into management positions.. ... (read more) |
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| (September, 1997) - EEOC v. Indiana Bell | $1,000,000 |
| The EEOC brought suit on behalf of three employees of Indiana Bell who were among more than a dozen women subjected to sexual harassment over a period of almost two decades, during which the company ignored complaints or failed to take effective action. A jury in Indianapolis returned a verdict of over $1 million in punitive damages.. ... (read more) |
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| (May 27, 1997) - Butler v. Vermont State Police Dept. | |
| The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a former Vermont Police Trooper who claims she was fired because of her sex. The Vermont Labor Relations Board had ruled in Deborah Butler’s favor, but the state appealed claiming the comments directed at her were gender-neutral. ... (read more) |
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| (January 27, 1997) - EEOC v. Publix Super Markets Inc. | $85,000,000 |
| The Florida based Publix Super Markets Inc. agreed to pay $81.5 million to settle a class-action sex discrimination suit. ... (read more) |
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| (January 3, 1997) - Stilley v. University of Pittsburgh and Tony Petrosky | Unknown |
| In March 1995 Lori Stilley filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh and Professor Tony Petrosky, alleging that Petrosky sexually harassed her from January 1990 to May 1994. Stilley was a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh and worked for Petrosky as a Research Assistant. ... (read more) |
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| (1997) - EEOC v. Creative Fabricators, Inc. | $146,800 |
| In 1997, Linda Kreider, was reinstated after the jury found that she was fired for refusing to abort her child and being pregnant. She was awarded $80,800 in back pay, $15,000 in emotional distress damages, $15,000 punitive damgages, and $36,000 in compensatory damages-- a total of $146,800.. ... (read more) |
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| (1997) - EEOC v. District of Columbia Department of Corrections | $8,000,000 |
| The District of Columbia was ordered to pay $8 million to settle a sexual harassment suit filed by seven D.C. Department of Corrections employees in 1994. ... (read more) |
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| (October, 1996) - Luciano v. Olsten Corp. | $5,180,000 |
| Mary Ann Luciano was an Assistant Vice President while employed at Olsten Corp. She filed suit after being denied a promotion based on her sex and then being fired. ... (read more) |
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| (February, 1996) - Sharon Karibian v. Columbia University | $450,000 |
| In 1996, a federal court ruled that by not properly investigating claims of sexual harassment by an employee, Columbia University implicitly condoned that behavior. The jury found that Columbia must pay Sharon Karibian $450,000. ... (read more) |
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| (July 31, 1995) - EEOC v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. (California) | |
| The EEOC reached a settlement agreement with Trans World Airlines (TWA) to end a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit. The EEOC filed the lawsuit against TWA on September 10, 1976, in federal court in Los Angeles. ... (read more) |
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| (1995) - EEOC v. Del Laboratories | $1,185,000 |
| 15 women were subjected to sexual harassment by their employer. The women told the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that Dan K. ... (read more) |
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| (November 9, 1993) - Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. | |
| Plaintiff Teresa Harris was a manager at Forklift Systems, Inc. Harris claimed that Charles Hardy, President of Forklift Systems, subjected her to a hostile environment based on her sex. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Anderson v. Minnesota Pizza Chain | $15,000 |
| Martha Anderson (not her real name) filed suit with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights because of pregnancy and disability discrimination. When she found out she was pregnant, her doctor ordered her to work no more than 8 hours a day where she worked, with a large pizza chain. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Barthel v. Madeira and Indian Hill Joint Fire District | $253,000 |
| A jury in Hamilton County, Ohio, awarded part-time firefighter Barbara Barthel $253,000 in a sex discrimination lawsuit she filed in 2003. Barthel claimed that she was denied promotions based on her sex. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Brown v. University of California at San Francisco | $2,400,000 |
| April 1997. After four months of testimony, a jury unanimously confirms Dr. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Cavalier v. Los Angeles CIty | $175,000 |
| The Los Angeles City Council approved a $175,000 settlement of a former aide's claims that city councilman Nate Holden sexually harassed her by creating a hostile work environment. The lawsuit was originally filed in 1993, and was dismissed in 1995 because the trial court decided that the allegations did not constitute sexual harassment. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Ciesielski v. Hooters Management, Inc. | $275,000 |
| Joanna Ciesielski won a favorable jury verdict in a sexual harassment lawsuit she filed against Hooters Management, Inc. The jury awarded Ciesielski $275,000 after she alleged that male employees would watch her undress during her break through peepholes and make unwelcome sexual comments about her body. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Dale v. Missouri Department of Corrections | $82,500 |
| Alysia Dale, a prison guard, settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections for $82,500. Dale alleged that her supervisor would hit her on the butt and rub his body against hers while making sexual propositions, male coworkers looked at pornography regularly and made crude comments about women's bodies, and male employees would bet on who could "get" Dale in bed first. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - EEOC v. Arapahoe County, CO) | $170,000 |
| Arapahoe County will pay $170,000 to settle claims that the county clerk's romance with his assistant chief deputy created a hostile work environment. . ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - EEOC v. Byron Fire Protection District | 3 years salary and benefits |
| Sherry Walters filed a complaint with the EEOC in October 2004 alleging sexual harassment between January 1 and June 30, 2004. Walters had been an employee with Byron Fire Protection District since 1981, working as secretary for the fire district. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - EEOC v. Cipriani Restaurant | |
| Facing lawsuits filed by the New York Attorney General's office, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the American Civil Liberties Union, several upscale New York restaurants agreed in ___ to abandon their tradition of hiring only male servers. Under the settlement, the Cipriani restaurant will hire women to fill at least fifty percent of the new server positions over the next three years.
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| (no date) - EEOC v. Critical Care Specialists, Inc., Nurse Associates and Advance Nursing Institute | $18,000 |
| Three women filed a lawsuit against Critical Care Specialists, Inc., Nurse Associates and Advance Nursing Institute for unequal pay on the basis of sex. Tammie Lawrence, Melinda Hoffman and Rachael Semenach all claimed that they were being paid less than male employees for the same work. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - EEOC v. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center | $672,000 |
| Vickie D. Galliher, who possesses a master's degree in sports medicine, accused the Center of rejecting her for a promotion from health trainer to instructor, instead giving the job to a lesser-qualified man. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - EEOC v. Frederick Transport, Inc. and GJHSRT, Inc. | $70,000 |
| The Commission alleged that defendant discriminated against charging party by paying her less than a male counterpart because of her sex (female) and that defendant denied charging party a promotion and discharged her because she filed a charge of discrimination. This Title VII and EPA case was resolved by a consent decree providing $70,000 to charging party, consisting of $35,000 in back pay and $35,000 in punitive damages.. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - EEOC v. Marine Bank of the Florida Keys | $220,000 |
| Defendant settled a sex discrimination case for $220,000. Claimants alleged that the company's Vice President sexually harassed them, and their complaints were ignored. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - EEOC v. Mobile Radiology | $235,000 |
| Mobile Radiology, a Clearwater, Florida medical services company, will pay $235,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that its president sexually harassed six female employees. The lawsuit alleged that Earle Hoaglin created a hostile environment when he made graphically explicit remarks, touched several of the plaintiffs, requested sexual favors, and threatened termination for failure to comply. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - EEOC v. Prince Financial Corp | $110,000 |
| Even at the vice president level, women are sometimes paid less than similarly-situated male vice presidents. Prince Financial Corp. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Frieders v. City of Glendale | $4 million |
| The City of Glendale agreed to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by three former police officers for $4 million. The settlement follows a jury ruling in favor of the plaintiffs for $3.5 million. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Gamble v. Hartford County Sheriff's Department | Unknown |
| Jeanette Gamble, Sheriff's Deputy, settled a multimillion-dollar lawsuit with Hartford County Sheriff's Department in August 2004. Gamble originally brought the lawsuit alleging that she was sexually harassed by the former Sheriff, Joseph P. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Green v. Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority | Up to $25,000 |
| The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority settled a sex and race discrimination lawsuit with Judy Green, a former custodian. The settlement is confidential, but Green can receive up to $25,000. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Hooper v. Silver Bow County (Montana) | $400,000 |
| The sex discrimination lawsuit brought by Carolyn Hooper, former evidence control technician for the Butte-Silver Bow Law Enforcement Agency, against Silver Bow County in Montana was settled for around $400,000. Hooper claimed that she was discriminated against because of her gender, and retaliated against for bringing an earlier sex discrimination lawsuit (that settled in 1996) and testifying in another lawsuit. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Koegler v. Pequannock Township | $70,000 |
| Pequannock Township agreed to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by Kathleen Koegler, court administrator, for $70,000. Koegler filed the lawsuit in May 2001 alleging that she was paid less than men in similar positions. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Lockard v. Pizza Hut | $238,520 |
| Rena Lockard brought suit against Pizza Hut, Inc. and A&M Food Service, Inc. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Mackris v. Fox News and Bill O'Reilly | Unknown |
| Bill O'Reilly, who hosts "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News, agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against him and Fox News. Andrea Mackris, O'Reilly's former producer, alleged that O'Reilly would call her and talked about his sexual fantasies, masturbation, and vibrators. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Perrelli v. Saddle Brook | Unknown |
| In 2003, Kimberly Perrelli, a former police officer in Saddle Brook, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the township. She had previously filed the same lawsuit twice, and both times the lawsuit was thrown out. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Petruzzi v. Lutheran Welfare Services | $113,000 |
| Jeanelle Petruzzi received a $113,000 verdict in her favor against Lutheran Welfare Services in Pennsylvania. Petruzzi, a licensed practical nurse, filed the lawsuit in 2000 after she was fired because she was pregnant. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Sadler v. Boise State University | $75,700 |
| In October 1995, Dr. Norma Sadler, a professor at Boise State University, initiated suit in federal court under the Equal Pay Act, which requires a direct comparison between men's and women's salaries. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Smith v. Alameda County | $100,000 |
| Lowana Smith, a former service worker in Alameda County's probation department, filed a lawsuit against Alameda County in May 2003 alleging that she was sexually harassed by her former supervisor, Calvin Clabiorne, and coworkers. Smith alleged that she was subjected to inappropriate jokes and sexual comments, in addition to unwelcome physical touching such as snapping her bra and trying to take off her clothes. ... (read more) |
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| (no date) - Sterling v. Herb Gordon Autoworld and Tischer Autopark | $195,000 |
| Gail Sterling received a favorable jury verdict in the amount of $195,000 against Herb Gordon Autoworld and Tischer Autopark for the sexual harassment she suffered at the hands of her male supervisor. Sterling worked at the Autopark from July 2000 to June 2002.. ... (read more) |
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