Filed Date: May 18, 2005
Closed Date: Oct. 31, 2008
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EEOC's Birmingham, AL office and Washington, DC office jointly filed this retaliation lawsuit against the defendant, Vulcan Lincoln Mercury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on 05/18/2005. The defendant, a division of Serra Automotive Group, was a new and used car dealer in Birmingham, Alabama. EEOC alleged that three former managers of defendant were subject to retaliatory discharge because they participated in an internal investigation of another employee's sexual harassment claim. The individual complainants filed motions to intervene but the district court did not make a decision on the motions before the case was resolved.
The parties settled fairly quickly after the case was referred to mediation. The district court entered a consent judgment and dismissed the case on 10/31/2005.
Under the three-year consent decree, the defendant agreed to pay the three individual complainants a total sum of $330,000. The defendant also agreed to expunge record of the lawsuit from the complainants' personnel files and provide neutral references in the future. Additionally, the defendant was required to host trainings, post a notice of the lawsuit, and distribute its revised anti-retaliation policy. The defendant was allowed to apply for shortening the duration of the consent decree after two years. The docket sheet shows that no further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2008.
Summary Authors
Justin Kanter (7/10/2007)
Clearinghouse (6/7/2017)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4126521/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-vulcan-lincoln-mercury/
Last updated March 30, 2024, 3:08 a.m.
State / Territory: Alabama
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: May 18, 2005
Closing Date: Oct. 31, 2008
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
Vulcan Lincoln Mercury (Birmingham, AL), 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: 330000
Order Duration: 2005 - 2008
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: