Filed Date: Aug. 24, 2006
Closed Date: 2009
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In August 2006 the Houston Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against hospital transportation assistance provider TH Healthcare, Ltd., doing business as Park Plaza Hospital and Tenet Employment, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleging discrimination on the basis of mental disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Specifically, the complaint alleged the defendants refused to hire mentally disabled transportation assistants at their hospital and caused those already employed to be terminated. Following some discovery, the parties settled the lawsuit in October 2007 through a consent decree.
The two-year decree, containing an anti-retaliation provision, required the defendant to: make compliance reports, keep records, establish a compliance liaison, allow the EEOC access for monitoring, utilize objective hiring criteria, post notice of employee rights, provide employee training, and pay $122,500 to an unknown number of class members. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2009.
Summary Authors
David Friedman (5/13/2008)
Clearinghouse (6/12/2017)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4396754/parties/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-th-healthcare-ltd-tenet/
Adewale-Mendes, Rose (Texas)
Bowne, Timothy M. (Texas)
Cooper, Ronald S. (District of Columbia)
Lee, James L. (District of Columbia)
Reams, Gwendolyn Young (District of Columbia)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4396754/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-th-healthcare-ltd-tenet/
Last updated March 30, 2024, 3:11 a.m.
State / Territory: Texas
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Aug. 24, 2006
Closing Date: 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
TH Healthcare, Ltd (Houston, Texas), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
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: 122500
Order Duration: 2007 - 2009
Content of Injunction:
Utilize objective hiring/promotion criteria
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Discrimination-basis:
Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)
EEOC-centric: