EEOC's Seattle, WA office and Washington, DC office jointly filed this ADA lawsuit against the defendant, Windmill Inns of America in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon (Medford) on 09/29/2000. Windmill Inns of America, dba Windmill Inn of Ashland, is engaged in the hotel business. EEOC alleged on behalf of a blind job applicant that the defendant refused to hire her as a receptionist at the Ashland Windmill Inn because of her disability. The individual complainant had five years of experience working as a hotel receptionist. The complainant did not intervene in the EEOC suit or file a separate lawsuit.

EEOC filed two motions compelling discovery. One was granted and the other partially granted. The parties then settled at a settlement conference held before Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Coffin on 10/11/2001. The district court entered a consent judgment on 11/30/2001.

The consent decree lasted for 3 years and 90 days. Under the consent decree, the defendant would pay the individual complainant $35,000 in damages for causing her emotional distress. The defendant was required to institute an internal grievance procedure and provide training for its managers and supervisors at the Ashland Windmill Inn. Additionally, the defendant was required to post a notice of its EEO policies for the duration of the consent decree.

Justin Kanter - 07/04/2007


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