Case: EEOC v. NEW ENGLAND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

4:98-cv-00275 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 1998

Closed Date: Oct. 4, 2000

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Case Summary

EEOC's Atlanta, GA office filed this ADEA lawsuit against the defendant New England Life Insurance Co. at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia (Savannah) on 12/18/1998. EEOC complained that the defendant adopted a mandatory retirement policy at its Savannah facility which forced employees to retire or refused to hire individuals after they passed 65 years old. The individual complainant passed 65 and was terminated. He did not intervene in the lawsuit or file…

EEOC initially got the defendant's name wrong but corrected in an amended complaint. The docket did not provide much useful information regarding the parties' interplay during the litigation process. The only useful information is that a proposed consent decree was filed on 09/30/1999 and was approved on 10/04/1999.

The consent decree lasted for 1 year. The defendant agreed to pay the individual complainant $10,000. The defendant also agreed to clarify that its 65-year-old retirement policy was not mandatory. The defendant would do that by posting notices and distributing the clarification to all managing partners.

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Yin Zheng (8/21/2007)

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4:98-cv-00275	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. New England Life Insurance Company	Dec. 26, 2001	Dec. 26, 2001 Docket
1 4:98-cv-00275	Complaint EEOC v. New England Life Insurance Company U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia	Dec. 18, 1998	Dec. 18, 1998 Complaint
13 4:98-cv-00275	Amended Complaint EEOC v. New England Life Insurance Company	April 23, 1999	April 23, 1999 Complaint
19 4:98-cv-00275	Consent Decree EEOC v. New England Life Insurance Company	Sept. 30, 1999	Sept. 30, 1999 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 (dks) (Entered: 12/22/1998)	Dec. 18, 1998	Dec. 18, 1998
2	ANSWER to Local Rule 26.3 Interrogatories by Equal Employment; jury demand (dks) (Entered: 12/22/1998)	Dec. 18, 1998	Dec. 18, 1998
	SUMMONS issued for New England Mutual (dks) (Entered: 12/22/1998)	Dec. 18, 1998	Dec. 18, 1998
3	REQUEST FOR WAIVER of Service as to New England Mutual 12/22/98 (dks) (Entered: 12/24/1998)	Dec. 24, 1998	Dec. 24, 1998
4	MOTION by New England Mutual for attorney Glenn G. Patton to Appear Pro Hac Vice. with brief in support. (jgb) (Entered: 02/17/1999)	Feb. 16, 1999	Feb. 16, 1999
	Pro Hac Vice paid for Glenn G. Patton Receipt # 193205 Date: 2/16/99 (jgb) (Entered: 02/17/1999)	Feb. 16, 1999	Feb. 16, 1999
	Motion(s) referred: [4-1] motion for attorney Glenn G. Patton to Appear Pro Hac Vice. referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (jgb) (Entered: 02/17/1999)	Feb. 16, 1999	Feb. 16, 1999
5	ORDER granting [4-1] motion for attorney Glenn G. Patton to Appear Pro Hac Vice. Attorney added to case. ( signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith ); copies served. (jgb) (Entered: 02/19/1999)	Feb. 19, 1999	Feb. 19, 1999
6	ANSWER to Complaint by New England Mutual (Attorney Forrest W. Hunter), (jgb) (Entered: 02/22/1999)	Feb. 22, 1999	Feb. 22, 1999
	SCHEDULING NOTICE setting Summary Judgment deadline on 7/22/99 ; Joining of parties,amending of pleadings by 4/23/99 ; Expert witness report by Defendant due by 5/23/99 ; Expert witness report by plaintiff due by 4/23/99 ; Motion Filing deadline on 7/12/99 ; Discovery cutoff 6/22/99 ; copies served. (jgb) (Entered: 02/22/1999)	Feb. 22, 1999	Feb. 22, 1999
7	CERTIFICATE pursuant to Local Rule 3.2. by defendant New England Mutual (bcw) (Entered: 03/03/1999)	March 3, 1999	March 3, 1999
8	ANSWER to Local Rule 26.3 Interrogatories by New England Mutual; jury demand (fbh) (Entered: 03/24/1999)	March 24, 1999	March 24, 1999
9	ORDER that New England Life Insurance Company be substituted for the wrong party New England Mutual Life Insurance Company ( signed by Judge B. Avant Edenfield ); copies served. (jgb) (Entered: 04/12/1999)	April 12, 1999	April 12, 1999
10	AMENDED ANSWER to Complaint by New England Life : amends [6-1] answer by New England Life (dks) (Entered: 04/13/1999)	April 13, 1999	April 13, 1999
11	MOTION by Equal Employment for Leave to File amended complaint with brief in support. (jgb) (Entered: 04/19/1999)	April 19, 1999	April 19, 1999
	Motion(s) referred: [11-1] motion for Leave to File amended complaint referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (jgb) (Entered: 04/19/1999)	April 19, 1999	April 19, 1999
12	ORDER granting [11-1] motion for Leave to File amended complaint, pla amended complaint is hereby rec'd by the Court ( signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith ); copies served. (jgb) (Entered: 04/26/1999)	April 23, 1999	April 23, 1999
13	AMENDED COMPLAINT by Equal Employment (Answer due 5/3/99 for New England Life ) amending [1-1] complaint; jury demand (jgb) (Entered: 04/26/1999)	April 23, 1999	April 23, 1999
	** Set Jury Trial Flag. (jgb) (Entered: 04/26/1999)	April 26, 1999	April 26, 1999
14	JOINT MOTION by Equal Employment, New England Life to Extend Time for Discovery thru 8/22/99 (dks) (Entered: 06/01/1999)	June 1, 1999	June 1, 1999
	Motion referred: [14-1] joint motion to Extend Time for Discovery thru 8/22/99 referred to Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith (dks) (Entered: 06/01/1999)	June 1, 1999	June 1, 1999
15	ORDER granting [14-1] joint motion to Extend Time for Discovery thru 8/22/99 reset Discovery deadline to 7/22/99 ( signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith ); copies served. (jgb) (Entered: 06/03/1999)	June 3, 1999	June 3, 1999
16	CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by New England Life (fbh) (Entered: 06/17/1999)	June 17, 1999	June 17, 1999
17	Consent MOTION by Equal Employment, New England Life to Extend Time for extending discovery through August 23, 1999 and extending the filing of dispositive motions until September 22, 1999 with brief in support. (ssl) (Entered: 07/22/1999)	July 22, 1999	July 22, 1999
18	ORDER granting [17-1] motion to Extend Time for extending discovery through August 23, 1999 and extending the filing of dispositive motions until September 22, 1999 reset Discovery deadline to 8/23/99 , reset Motion Filing deadline to 9/22/99 ( signed by Judge B. Avant Edenfield ); [EOD Date 7/22/99 copies served. (jgb) (Entered: 07/22/1999)	July 22, 1999	July 22, 1999
19	Consent Decree (jgb) (Entered: 10/01/1999)	Sept. 30, 1999	Sept. 30, 1999
	Case closed (jgb) (Entered: 10/04/1999)	Oct. 4, 1999	Oct. 4, 1999
	Record transferred to the FRC. Group #021, Accession # 02 0109, Box # 22 of 45, Location # 5-010-12-2-7 (bcw) Modified on 3/8/2007 (mah). (Entered: 12/26/2001)	Dec. 26, 2001	Dec. 26, 2001