Case: EEOC v. Groendyke Transport, Inc.

3:02-cv-01016 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2002

Closed Date: March 12, 2003

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Case Summary

In September 2002, the EEOC district office in St. Louis, Missouri brought this suit against Groendyke Transport, Inc., a national tanker truck carrier, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Although the complaint is unavailable, the EEOC Litigation Settlement Report states that a former female employee alleged that the defendant unlawfully discriminated against her because of her sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, she alleged that on of the defendant's supervisors created a sexually hostile work environment by appearing partially undressed, commenting on her body, and making sexual comments. Two months after a stipulated protective order was denied in January 2003, the parties settled and a consent decree was entered in March.

In the consent decree, the parties agreed that the defendant would refrain from retaliating and discriminating on the basis of sex, pay the female $150,000, issue a neutral reference letter, place a memo of the alleged sexual harassment in the allegedly offending supervisor's file, provide EEO training to all management employees in the HR department, post the consent decree, remind all employees of its EEO and harassment policies, and submit semiannual complaint reports. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the decree ran for two years.

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Summary Authors

Joel Pettit (7/5/2007)

People

Judge(s)

Cohn, Gerald B. (Illinois)

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Cohn, Gerald B. (Illinois)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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3:02-cv-01016	Docket (PACER) EEOC v. Groendyke Transport	March 12, 2003	March 12, 2003 Docket
8 3:02-cv-01016	Order Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Groendyke Transport, Inc.	Jan. 31, 2003	Jan. 31, 2003 Order/Opinion 2003 WL 2003
9 3:02-cv-01016	Consent Decree Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Groendyke Transport, Inc.	March 12, 2003	March 12, 2003 Settlement Agreement
3:02-cv-01016	EEOC Litigation Settlement Report - March 2003 No Court	April 21, 2003	April 21, 2003 Press Release

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Resources

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Under the Radar: Visibility and the Effects of Discrimination Lawsuits in Small and Large Firms Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	Research on how discrimination lawsuits affect corporate diversity has yielded mixed results. Qualitative studies highlight the limited efficacy of lawsuits in the typical workplace, finding that lit…	April 1, 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT Filing fee pd $ 150.00 (jmp) (Entered: 09/17/2002)	Sept. 12, 2002	Sept. 12, 2002
	Magistrate identification: Mag/Judge Gerald B. Cohn (jmp) (Entered: 09/17/2002)	Sept. 12, 2002	Sept. 12, 2002
2	ANSWER by defendant Groendyke Transport to complaint [1-1] (dlr) (Entered: 11/21/2002)	Nov. 15, 2002	Nov. 15, 2002
3	DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTED PARTIES by defendant Groendyke Transport pursuant to Local Rule 11.1(b) (dlr) (Entered: 11/21/2002)	Nov. 15, 2002	Nov. 15, 2002
4	CJRA Track B assigned by Judge Michael J. Reagan; final prtrl conf 10:00 AM on 11/17/03 before Judge Michael J. Reagan in the USDC/East St. Louis, IL; jury trial set 9:00 AM on 12/9/03 before Judge Michael J. Reagan in the USDC/East St. Louis, IL (cc: all counsel) (scj) (Entered: 12/06/2002)	Dec. 3, 2002	Dec. 3, 2002
5	NOTICE of Sched/Disc Conf set 8:30 AM on 1/7/03 before Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn in the USDC/East St. Louis, IL (cc: all counsel) (scj) (Entered: 12/06/2002)	Dec. 3, 2002	Dec. 3, 2002
	JOINT REPORT of parties and proposed scheduling and discovery order by EEOC, Groendyke Transport received and submitted to Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn (trb) (Entered: 12/05/2002)	Dec. 4, 2002	Dec. 4, 2002
6	SCHEDULING AND DISCOVERY ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn; discovery ddl is 8/29/03; dispositive motion filing ddl is 10/15/03 (cc: all counsel) (car) (Entered: 12/10/2002)	Dec. 6, 2002	Dec. 6, 2002
7	ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn setting a settlement conf for 1:30 PM on 9/23/03 before Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn in the USDC/East St. Louis, IL (cc: all counsel) (car) (Entered: 12/10/2002)	Dec. 6, 2002	Dec. 6, 2002
	PROPOSED stipulated protective order submitted by plaintiff and defendant (dmw) (Entered: 01/22/2003)	Jan. 15, 2003	Jan. 15, 2003
8	ORDER by Mag Judge Gerald B. Cohn denying the proposed protective order (cc: all counsel) (dlr) (Entered: 02/07/2003)	Jan. 31, 2003	Jan. 31, 2003
9	CONSENT DECREE (ORDER) by Judge Michael J. Reagan terminating case each party to bear its own costs and attorneys fees (cc: all counsel) (car) (Entered: 03/18/2003)	March 12, 2003	March 12, 2003