The EEOC's Milwaukee district office sued Soo Line Railroad Company, a Northern-Midwest railroad subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Rail System, on June 21, 1999 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The EEOC's complaint alleged that Soo Line violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to hire a man based on his prior history of disability (a prior ankle and neck injury) due to a company medical system which screens out numerous people with histories of disability. The parties entered into a settlement conference with the court in January 2000 which culminated in a consent decree on April 27, 2000. The consent decree stipulated that Soo Line would pay $68,175 in damages to the aggrieved applicant, comply with the ADA in the future and provide individualized medical examinations to determine fitness for work, issue a statement to all employees emphasizing compliance with the ADA, and certify compliance with the consent decree to the EEOC after each section is accomplished.

Yin Zheng - 05/30/2007


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