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Case Name	Koren v. Ohio Bell Telephone Company	EE-OH-0111
Docket / Court	1:11-CV-2674 ( N.D. Ohio )
State/Territory	Ohio
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	Same-Sex Marriage
Case Summary	On December 9, 2011, an openly gay former employee of Ohio Bell Telephone Company filed suit in U.S District Court for the Northern District of Ohio alleging that he had been dismissed in violation of both state and federal law. Specifically, Mr. Koren, who had taken the name of his husband, ... read more > On December 9, 2011, an openly gay former employee of Ohio Bell Telephone Company filed suit in U.S District Court for the Northern District of Ohio alleging that he had been dismissed in violation of both state and federal law. Specifically, Mr. Koren, who had taken the name of his husband, alleged that Ohio Bell violated the ADA, multiple sections of the Ohio Civil Rights Act, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act when it dismissed him under the guise of missing days of work when in reality he was fired because his actions did not conform to the gender stereotype and he had AIDS. On August 14, 2012, the court denied Defendants' motion for summary judgment. The case was dismissed after a settlement was reached on September 7, 2012. Chris MacColl - 03/22/2014 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Defendant-type

Retailer

Discrimination-area

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

Sex discrimination

Sexual orientatation

General

Gay/lesbian/transgender

Marriage

Medical/Mental Health

HIV/AIDS

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
State law
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Plaintiff Description	Former employee of defendant
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	Damages
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement
Case Closing Year	2012
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources


Case Studies	Megacases, Diversity, and the Elusive Goal of Workplace Reform Written: Mar. 01, 2008 By: Nancy Levit (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law) Citation: 49 B.C. L. Rev. 367 (2008) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Second Generation Employment Discrimination: A Structural Approach By: Susan Sturm (Columbia Law School) Citation: 101 Colum. L. Rev. 458 (2001) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

Docket(s)

1:11-cv-2674 (N.D. Ohio)
EE-OH-0111-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 09/07/2012
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] EE-OH-0111-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/09/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
OPINION & ORDER (denying defendant's motion for summary judgment) [ECF# 34] (894 F.Supp.2d 1032) (N.D. Ohio) EE-OH-0111-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 08/14/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order (Settled and Dismissed with Prejudice) [ECF# 53] (N.D. Ohio) EE-OH-0111-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/22/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Gwin, James S. Court not on record EE-OH-0111-0002 \| EE-OH-0111-0003 \| EE-OH-0111-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Krupar, Angela D. (Ohio) EE-OH-0111-9000
	Selby, Richard N. (Ohio) EE-OH-0111-0001 \| EE-OH-0111-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Bulea, Donald C. (Ohio) EE-OH-0111-9000
	Kaminski, Kerin L (Ohio) EE-OH-0111-9000