In August 2001, the New York District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against Lutheran Medical Center in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. However, it appears from the EEOC's Press Release that the defendant allegedly permitted the sexual harassment of a class of female employees when conducting employment-related medical examinations. The complainants intervened in this case in December 2001. Following a series of status and settlement conferences, the parties settled this lawsuit in May 2003 through a consent decree. The defendant was required to: pay a total of $5.425 million, with 1.308 million being divided among the 8 charging parties, revise its policies on anti-harassment, anti-retaliation, and pre-employment physical examinations and provide further training on anti-discrimination and anti-harassment issues.

Keri Livingston - 10/24/2007


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