Case: EEOC v. QUADOMAIN RECREATION ASSOCIATION, INC.

0:97-cv-06531 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 30, 1997

Closed Date: Sept. 1, 1998

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Case Summary

In April 1997, the EEOC district office in Miami, Florida brought this action against the Quadomain Recreation Association in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The complaint states that a female employee alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, she alleged that one of her superiors subjected her to unwelcome physical touching and inappropriate sexual comments. After very little discovery and a referral to mediati…

In the consent decree, the parties agreed that the defendant would refrain from retaliating and discriminating on the basis of sex, pay the aggrieved party $17,000, develop and distribute an anti-discrimination policy, distribute and EEO policy, post a consent decree notice, provide three hours of EEO training, and submit semiannual complaint reports. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the agreement ran for three years.

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Joel Pettit (7/16/2007)

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0:97-cv-06531	Docket EEOC v. Quadomain Recreation	Sept. 1, 1998	Sept. 1, 1998 Docket
1 0:97-cv-06531	Complaint EEOC v. Quadomain Recreation	April 30, 1997	April 30, 1997 Complaint
27 0:97-cv-06531	Consent Decree EEOC v. Quadomain Recreation	Aug. 31, 1998	Aug. 31, 1998 Settlement Agreement

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Under the Radar: Visibility and the Effects of Discrimination Lawsuits in Small and Large Firms Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	Research on how discrimination lawsuits affect corporate diversity has yielded mixed results. Qualitative studies highlight the limited efficacy of lawsuits in the typical workplace, finding that lit…	April 1, 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT filed; A-7; RLD (dp, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 05/01/1997)	April 30, 1997	April 30, 1997
	Magistrate identification: Magistrate Judge Robert L. Dube (dp, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 05/01/1997)	April 30, 1997	April 30, 1997
2	SUMMONS(ES) issued for Sol Helitzer, Registered Agent for Quadomain Recreation (dp, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 05/01/1997)	April 30, 1997	April 30, 1997
3	ORDER set scheduling conference for 9:30 8/22/97 before Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages ( signed by Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages on 5/15/97) CCAP (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 05/30/1997)	May 20, 1997	May 20, 1997
5	MOTION by Quadomain Recreation to extend time to file response to plaintiff's complaint (tb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/25/1997)	June 16, 1997	June 16, 1997
6	ORDER granting [5-1] motion to extend time to file response to plaintiff's complaint set answer due for 6/30/97 for Quadomain Recreation ( signed by Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages on 6/23/97) CCAP (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/07/1997)	June 23, 1997	June 23, 1997
7	ANSWER to Complaint by Quadomain Recreation (Attorney Nancy C Valcarce), (tb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/10/1997)	June 30, 1997	June 30, 1997
8	ORDER transferring case ( signed by Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages on 7/15/97) CCAP (tb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/17/1997)	July 15, 1997	July 15, 1997
	CASE reassigned to Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks (tb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/17/1997)	July 15, 1997	July 15, 1997
9	MOTION by Equal Employment to strike insufficient defense (tb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/25/1997)	July 18, 1997	July 18, 1997
10	MOTION by Quadomain Recreation to extend time to file response to plaintiff's motion to strike (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/07/1997)	Aug. 4, 1997	Aug. 4, 1997
11	ORDER granting [10-1] motion to extend time to file response to plaintiff's motion to strike Response to motion reset to 8/13/97 for [9-1] motion to strike insufficient defense ( signed by Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks on 8/5/97) CCAP (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/07/1997)	Aug. 5, 1997	Aug. 5, 1997
12	STATUS REPORT by Equal Employment, Quadomain Recreation (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/13/1997)	Aug. 8, 1997	Aug. 8, 1997
13	RESPONSE by Quadomain Recreation to [9-1] motion to strike insufficient defense (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/18/1997)	Aug. 13, 1997	Aug. 13, 1997
13	MOTION by Quadomain Recreation for leave to amend [7-1] answer (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/22/1997)	Aug. 13, 1997	Aug. 13, 1997
14	ORDER granting [9-1] motion to strike insufficient defense, granting [13-1] motion for leave to amend [7-1] answer on or before 9/9/97 (signed by Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks on 8/20/97) CCAP (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/22/1997)	Aug. 20, 1997	Aug. 20, 1997
	Scheduling conference held (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/25/1997)	Aug. 21, 1997	Aug. 21, 1997
	Status conference held (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/25/1997)	Aug. 21, 1997	Aug. 21, 1997
15	Minutes of scheduling and status conferen held before Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks on 8/21/97; set calendar call for 1:15 8/26/98 before Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks , set discovery due for 5/18/98 , set pretrial conference for 9:00 8/11/98 before Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks , set Jury trial for 8/31/98 before Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks Court Reporter Name: Randy Belsvik (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/25/1997)	Aug. 22, 1997	Aug. 22, 1997
16	SCHEDULING ORDER setting Deadline for filing of all motions by 6/17/98 Discovery cutoff 5/18/98; (signed by Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks on 8/21/97) CCAP (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/25/1997)	Aug. 22, 1997	Aug. 22, 1997
17	ORDER referring case to mediation. 15 days to appoint mediator (signed by Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks on 8/21/97) CCAP (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/25/1997)	Aug. 22, 1997	Aug. 22, 1997
18	NOTICE of Hearing: set Jury trial for 9:00 8/31/98 before Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks , set pretrial conference for 9:00 8/11/98 before Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks , set calendar call for 1:15 8/26/98 before Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/25/1997)	Aug. 22, 1997	Aug. 22, 1997
19	AMENDED ANSWER and AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES to Complaint by Quadomain Recreation : amends [7-1] answer (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/10/1997)	Sept. 9, 1997	Sept. 9, 1997
20	NOTICE of Vacation from 9/15/97 to 9/26/97 by Quadomain Recreation (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/10/1997)	Sept. 9, 1997	Sept. 9, 1997
21	MOTION with memorandum in support by Equal Employment to extend scheduling order deadlines (ra, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 12/31/1997)	Dec. 19, 1997	Dec. 19, 1997
22	ORDER granting [21-1] motion to extend scheduling order deadlines, however trial date is not changed. Any dispositive motion must be filed by 7/1/98 (signed by Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks on 12/19/97) CCAP (ra, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 12/31/1997)	Dec. 19, 1997	Dec. 19, 1997
23	STIPULATION by Quadomain Recreation In Re: substitution of counsel with Nancy Valcarce replacing David K. Tharp as counsel of record (wc, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 01/09/1998)	Jan. 5, 1998	Jan. 5, 1998
24	ORDER reassigning case to the calendar of Judge William P. Dimitrouleas for all further proceedings ( signed by Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks on 6/1/98) CCAP (wc, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/04/1998)	June 2, 1998	June 2, 1998
	CASE reassigned to Judge William P. Dimitrouleas (wc, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/04/1998)	June 2, 1998	June 2, 1998
25	NOTICE of unavailability from August 7, 1998 up to including August 19, 1998 by Quadomain Recreation (ea, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/06/1998)	June 25, 1998	June 25, 1998
26	ORDER resetting Calendar call set for 10:00 9/4/98; Jury trial set for 9/8/98 (signed by Judge William P. Dimitrouleas on 7/21/98) CCAP (ea, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/24/1998)	July 21, 1998	July 21, 1998
	CASE CLOSED. Case and Motions no longer referred to Magistrate. (ea, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/02/1998)	Sept. 1, 1998	Sept. 1, 1998