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Case Name	EEOC v. Unitrin Specialty	EE-OH-0076
Docket / Court	3:06-cv-0302 ( S.D. Ohio )
State/Territory	Ohio
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	The Indianapolis district office of the EEOC brought this suit against Unitrin Specialty (a business segment of Unitrin, Inc.) and Trinity Universal Insurance Co. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Unitrin, Inc.) in September 2006 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The complaint ... read more > The Indianapolis district office of the EEOC brought this suit against Unitrin Specialty (a business segment of Unitrin, Inc.) and Trinity Universal Insurance Co. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Unitrin, Inc.) in September 2006 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The complaint alleged that an employee had been fired in retaliation for complaining about sex and age discrimination in the workplace, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The case is still ongoing in the district court as of April 22, 2008, and the most recent substantial event was the conclusion of a voluntary mediation process on April 11, 2008. A motion for summary judgment filed in November 2007 by the defendant is still pending. Shankar Viswanathan - 05/29/2008 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Affected Gender

Male

Discrimination-area

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Hiring

Discrimination-basis

Age discrimination

Sex discrimination

EEOC-centric

Direct Suit on Merits

No EEOC Final Resolution Type

General

Disparate Treatment

Retaliation

Plaintiff Type

EEOC Plaintiff

Causes of Action

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq.
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Trinity Universal Insurance Co. Trinity Universal Insurance Co. Unitrin Specialty
Plaintiff Description	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	EEOC
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources


	Microsoft Gender Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit Date: Oct. 14, 2016 By: Outten & Golden [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Age Discrimination Class Action seeks Fair Employment for Older PwC Applicants http://www.pwcagecase.com/ Date: Apr. 27, 2016 By: Outten & Golden [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Smith Barney Gender Discrimination https://www.lieffcabraser.com/employment/smith-barney/ Date: August 2008 By: Outten & Golden [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Megacases, Diversity, and the Elusive Goal of Workplace Reform Date: Mar. 1, 2008 By: Nancy Levit (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Faculty) Citation: 49 B.C. L. Rev. 367 (2008) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Second Generation Employment Discrimination: A Structural Approach Date: Apr. 1, 2001 By: Susan Sturm (Columbia Law School Faculty) Citation: 101 Colum. L. Rev. 458 (2001) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

Docket(s)

3:06-cv-00302-WHR (S.D. Ohio)
EE-OH-0076-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 08/31/2009
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint

EE-OH-0076-0001.pdf | Detail
Date: 09/29/2006

People


Judges	Rice, Walter Herbert (S.D. Ohio) EE-OH-0076-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Bird, Kenneth L (Indiana) EE-OH-0076-9000
	Eisele, Michelle (Indiana) EE-OH-0076-9000
	Farnsworth, Jo Ann (Indiana) EE-OH-0076-9000
	Young, Laurie A (Indiana) EE-OH-0076-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Chapman, Diane P (Ohio) EE-OH-0076-9000
	Holcombe, David G (Ohio) EE-OH-0076-9000
	McIntyre, M Scott (Ohio) EE-OH-0076-9000