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Case Name	EEOC v. BLUE MAX TRUCKING, INC.	EE-NC-0012
Docket / Court	3:02-cv-00273 ( W.D.N.C. )
State/Territory	North Carolina
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Special Collection	IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Attorney Organization	EEOC
Case Summary	On June 28, 2002, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), on behalf of a female dump truck driver (plaintiff-intervenor), filed a lawsuit in the Western District Court of North Carolina, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, ... read more > On June 28, 2002, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), on behalf of a female dump truck driver (plaintiff-intervenor), filed a lawsuit in the Western District Court of North Carolina, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, against Blue Max Trucking, Inc. The EEOC sought injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorneys' fees, and other forms of affirmative relief, claiming that the defendant subjected the plaintiff-intervenor to a sexually hostile work environment. On September 5, 2002, the plaintiff-intervenor filed a complaint. On August 8, 2003, the District Court (Judge Graham Calder Mullen) entered a consent decree where the defendant, among other things, agreed to pay the plaintiff-intervenor $57,500 and pay for the costs of the mediation. Perry Miska - 04/13/2014 compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Affected Gender

Female

Content of Injunction

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Discrimination Prohibition

Expungement of Employment Record

Monitoring

Neutral/Positive Reference

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Reporting

Retaliation Prohibition

Defendant-type

Sanitation/Public Works

Discrimination-area

Harassment / Hostile Work Environment

Discrimination-basis

Sex discrimination

EEOC-centric

Private Party intervened in EEOC suit

General

Disparate Treatment

Plaintiff Type

EEOC Plaintiff

Causes of Action

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Case Details


Defendant(s)	BLUE MAX TRUCKING, INC.
Plaintiff Description	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of a female dump truck driver who was allegedly subjected to a sexually hostile work environment because of her sex.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	EEOC
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Damages Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	2003 - 2006
Case Closing Year	2003
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources


Case Studies	Megacases, Diversity, and the Elusive Goal of Workplace Reform Written: Mar. 01, 2008 By: Nancy Levit (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law) Citation: 49 B.C. L. Rev. 367 (2008) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Second Generation Employment Discrimination: A Structural Approach By: Susan Sturm (Columbia Law School) Citation: 101 Colum. L. Rev. 458 (2001) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

Docket(s)

3:02-cv-00273 (W.D.N.C.)
EE-NC-0012-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 10/06/2003
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] EE-NC-0012-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/28/2002 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Intervenor Complaint [ECF# 8] EE-NC-0012-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/05/2002 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Consent Decree [ECF# 23] EE-NC-0012-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/08/2003 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Mullen, Graham Calder Court not on record EE-NC-0012-0003 \| EE-NC-0012-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Brooks, Tamara Williams (North Carolina) EE-NC-0012-0002 \| EE-NC-0012-0003 \| EE-NC-0012-9000
	Haden, Kara Gibbon (North Carolina) EE-NC-0012-0001 \| EE-NC-0012-0003 \| EE-NC-0012-9000
	Reams, Gwendolyn Young (District of Columbia) EE-NC-0012-9000
	Simpson, Bobby C. (North Carolina) EE-NC-0012-9000
	Weinstein, Mindy (North Carolina) EE-NC-0012-0001 \| EE-NC-0012-0003 \| EE-NC-0012-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Dortch, Robert C. Jr. (North Carolina) EE-NC-0012-0003 \| EE-NC-0012-9000
	Massingale, Michelle Price (North Carolina) EE-NC-0012-0002 \| EE-NC-0012-0003 \| EE-NC-0012-9000