The EEOC's Chicago district office sued Press Republican Newspapers, Inc. and Liberty Group Suburban Newspapers, Inc. on May 24, 2001 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The EEOC's complaint alleged that the two defendants violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when they discriminated based on a mental disability (depression) when they discharged the complainant. The parties entered into a consent decree on October 19, 2001 which stipulated that the defendants would pay $40,000 to the complainant in damages and provide her with a reference letter of the form found in the consent decree.

Aaron Weismann - 06/15/2007


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