Filed Date: Sept. 25, 1997
Closed Date: May 18, 2000
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The Houston office of the EEOC brought this action in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, against Comet Rice Ingredients, Inc. d/b/a Comet Ventures, Inc or American Rice, Inc. The complaint, filed in September 1997, alleged disability discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; specifically that Defendant revoked job offers to a class of qualified job applicants based on back x-rays showing that each job applicant had a "Class V" back. The case was referred to mediation in February 1998 and the parties settled in April 1998.
A consent decree was entered in May 1998. The decree, valid for 2 years, required Defendant to pay the four charging parties a total of $38,000 (to be divided $12,000, $10,000, $8,000 $8,000). Defendant was also required to alter its hiring practices to insure that qualified applicants with "Class V" backs were provided with equal employment opportunities, offer fulltime employment to the charging parties, with four years service credit, and provide the EEOC with semiannual reports on the company's job offers, hiring and non-hiring of applicants with "Class V" backs.
Summary Authors
Shankar Viswanathan (6/29/2007)
Last updated March 18, 2024, 3 a.m.
State / Territory: Texas
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 25, 1997
Closing Date: May 18, 2000
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
American Rice, Inc., Private Entity/Person
Comet Rice Ingredients Company, Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Amount Defendant Pays: 38000
Order Duration: 1998 - 2000
Content of Injunction:
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discrimination-basis:
Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)
EEOC-centric: