Filed Date: July 13, 2005
Closed Date: May 9, 2009
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In July 2005, the New York District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Highland Hospital of Rochester, Inc. and related businesses in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York alleging discrimination on the basis of national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated against the charging parties, Hispanic employees, by maintaining an English-only/No Spanish rule and formally disciplining some of them for speaking Spanish. After some scheduling orders, the parties settled through a consent decree in May 2006.
The three-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: remove any disciplinary notices involving the use of Spanish from employees' personnel files, implement and distribute an anti-discrimination policy, provide Title VII training, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, post a notice of the decree, and pay $200,000 to be distributed among eight individuals. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2009.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (6/29/2007)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4357953/parties/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-highland-hospital-of-rochester/
Abel, Natasha L. (New York)
Adams, Raechel L. (New York)
Adewale-Mendes, Rose (New York)
Alfred-George, Pamela A (New York)
Allen, James (New York)
Siragusa, Charles J. (New York)
Adewale-Mendes, Rose (New York)
Alfred-George, Pamela A (New York)
Altmeyer, Helen Campbell (New York)
Anderson, Suzanne M (New York)
Anderson, Kenneth P. (New York)
Andre, Beatriz Biscardi (New York)
Andrew, Regina Maria (New York)
Arendes, Jennifer L. (New York)
Backhaus, William C (New York)
Bailey, Terri Hearn (New York)
Bean, Julie Steptoe (New York)
Biltekoff, Judith Ann (New York)
Biscardi-Andre, Beatriz (New York)
Burstein, Jeffrey Charles (New York)
Butler, Michelle T. (New York)
Cadle, Delia Dianna (New York)
Caiola, Michelle Anne (New York)
Calhoun, June Wallace (New York)
Cole, Holly Waldron (New York)
Coleman, Charles Franklin (New York)
Davis, Chandra Cain (New York)
DeCamp, Aaron Rutledge (New York)
Dominguez, Francisco X (New York)
Dreilinger, Lauren Gayle (New York)
Driscoll-MacEachron, James P (New York)
Duckett, Lakisha C. (New York)
Edwards, Ottrell Ferrell (New York)
Esparza-Cervantes, Elizabeth (New York)
Fiorito, Bradley S. (New York)
Fitzpatrick, Kevin D. (New York)
Foslid, Kristen Marie (New York)
Foster, Nathan Dean (New York)
Garcia-Bautista, Lorena (New York)
Gatlin, Connie Wilhite (New York)
Gochanour, Gregory M (New York)
Golson, Aarrin Benatra (New York)
Graham, Nancy Eleanor (New York)
Grossman, Elizabeth (New York)
Guerrier, Charles E. (New York)
Hamilton, Deborah L (New York)
Hendrickson, John C (New York)
Houk, Christopher Robert (New York)
Imdieke, Michael H. (New York)
Johnson, Johnnie L. (New York)
Johnson, Amy Victoria (New York)
Jones, Stephanie Michelle (New York)
Kasperson, Kaleb M. (New York)
Kittle, Rita Byrnes (New York)
Krivonyak, J. Christopher (New York)
Kuelbs, Meaghan Leigh (New York)
Lee, Damien Anthony (New York)
Lepak, Thomas Scott (New York)
Lucero, A.Luis Lucero (New York)
Macy, James Douglas (New York)
Malloy, Margaret Ann (New York)
Martinez, Ana Consuelo (New York)
McCord, Stacey Elise (New York)
McCoy, Kimberly Anne (New York)
McCoy-Cruz, Kimberly A. (New York)
McFerren, Aimee Lynn (New York)
McNair, Jacqueline H. (New York)
Meredith, Brandi Lorraine (New York)
Montesino, Sairalina (New York)
Naccarato, Elizabeth A (New York)
O'Brien, Michael J. (New York)
Offen-Brown, David F. (New York)
Olson, Kathryn Blaire (New York)
Oppenheim, Harriett F (New York)
Palmer-Denig, Jessica Ann (New York)
Pearson, Gina Elaine (New York)
Peters, Kirsten Jennifer (New York)
Peterson, Melanie M. (New York)
Phillips, Ronald L. (New York)
Pittard, Robert Christan (New York)
Pladson, Nicholas J (New York)
Ranis, Michael Bruce (New York)
Reams, Gwendolyn Young (New York)
Rivera, Jadhira Virginia (New York)
Roberts, Monique Joy (New York)
Robertson, Michelle M (New York)
Robinson, Antonio D. (New York)
Rucker, Marsha Lynn (New York)
Savage, Markeisha K. (New York)
Schmitt, Suzanne Julia (New York)
Schnitzel, Andrew Marten (New York)
Shanley, Sally Clifford (New York)
Shepard, Meaghan Leigh (New York)
Sustaita, Rodolfo Lucio (New York)
Sylvertooth, D'Ontae (New York)
Szromba, Jeanne Bowman (New York)
Thomas, Gillian Lathrop (New York)
Thomas, Kelley Renee (New York)
Thornton, Gerald L. (New York)
Tomlinson, Robert F (New York)
Turnage, Edwin Lake (New York)
Valderrama, Hillary K (New York)
Vance, Carrie Noelle (New York)
Wagner, Steven Andrews (New York)
Walter, Nicholas Glen (New York)
Weisberg, Robert E. (New York)
Wilhite, Connie Kay (New York)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4357953/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-highland-hospital-of-rochester/
Last updated March 20, 2024, 3:15 a.m.
State / Territory: New York
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: July 13, 2005
Closing Date: May 9, 2009
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Strong Partners Health System, Inc., Private Entity/Person
Strong Heatlh MCO, LLP, Private Entity/Person
Strong Health MCO IPA Inc., Private Entity/Person
Strong Health MCO IPA Inc. , Private Entity/Person
Highland Hospital of Rochester, Inc., Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Amount Defendant Pays: 200000
Order Duration: 2006 - 2009
Content of Injunction:
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Implement complaint/dispute resolution process
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
Discrimination-basis:
National origin discrimination
EEOC-centric:
National Origin/Ethnicity: