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Case Name
EEOC v. HIGHLAND HOSPITAL/STRONG HEALTH INC
EE-NY-0072
Docket / Court
6:05-cv-06365-CJS-JWF ( W.D.N.Y. )
State/Territory
New York
Case Type(s)
Equal Employment
Special Collection
EEOC Study -- in sample
Attorney Organization
EEOC
Case Summary
In July 2005, the New York District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Highland Hospital of Rochester, Inc. and related businesses in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York alleging discrimination on the basis of national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil ...
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In July 2005, the New York District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Highland Hospital of Rochester, Inc. and related businesses in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York alleging discrimination on the basis of national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated against the charging parties, Hispanic employees, by maintaining an English-only/No Spanish rule and formally disciplining some of them for speaking Spanish. After some scheduling orders, the parties settled through a consent decree in May 2006.
The three-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: remove any disciplinary notices involving the use of Spanish from employees' personnel files, implement and distribute an anti-discrimination policy, provide Title VII training, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, post a notice of the decree, and pay $200,000 to be distributed among eight individuals. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2009.
Michele Marxkors - 06/29/2007
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Content of Injunction
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Discrimination Prohibition
Implement complaint/dispute resolution process
Monitoring
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Reporting
Retaliation Prohibition
Discrimination-area
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
Discrimination-basis
National origin discrimination
EEOC-centric
Direct Suit on Merits
General
Disparate Impact
Disparate Treatment
Pattern or Practice
National Origin/Ethnicity
Indian
Plaintiff Type
EEOC Plaintiff
Causes of Action
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. ยง 2000e
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Highland Hospital of Rochester, Inc.
Strong Health MCO IPA Inc.
Strong Health MCO IPA Inc.
Strong Heatlh MCO, LLP
Strong Partners Health System, Inc.
Plaintiff Description
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations
EEOC
Class action status sought
No
Class action status granted
No
Filed Pro Se
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
2006 - 2009
Filed
07/13/2005
Case Closing Year
2009
Case Ongoing
No
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Court
Docket(s)
W.D.N.Y.
09/21/2006
6:05-cv-06365-CJS-JWF
EE-NY-0072-9000.pdf
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Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
General Documents
W.D.N.Y.
07/13/2005
Complaint [ECF# 1]
EE-NY-0072-0001.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
W.D.N.Y.
05/09/2006
Consent Decree [ECF# 10]
EE-NY-0072-0002.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
not recorded
08/14/2006
EEOC Litigation Settlement Report - May 2006
EE-NY-0072-0003.pdf
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