Case: EEOC v. P Z RESTAURANT

3:04-cv-50251 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 4, 2004

Closed Date: Oct. 27, 2004

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Case Summary

The EEOC's Chicago district office sued PZ Restaurants, Inc. on June 4, 2004 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The EEOC's complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII when it discriminated based on sex (female) by creating a hostile work environment; discharging numerous employees, including the complainant, in retaliation for their complaints; and providing the complainant with conditions of employment after rehiring her which resulted in her constru…

The EEOC's Chicago district office sued PZ Restaurants, Inc. on June 4, 2004 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The EEOC's complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII when it discriminated based on sex (female) by creating a hostile work environment; discharging numerous employees, including the complainant, in retaliation for their complaints; and providing the complainant with conditions of employment after rehiring her which resulted in her constructive discharge . The parties entered into a consent decree on October 27, 2004, which stipulated that the defendant would pay the complainant $10,000 in damages, costs and fees; post a notice of compliance with Title VII; provide Title VII training to its employees; maintain and distribute a non-discrimination policy; maintain records of sex discrimination complaints; allow the EEOC to enter to review these records and interview employees; and report complaints of sex discrimination to the EEOC semiannually.

Summary Authors

Aaron Weismann (7/11/2007)

People

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Judge(s)
Attorney for Plaintiff

Adams, Raechel L. (Illinois)

Altmeyer, Helen Campbell (Illinois)

Anderson, Suzanne M (Illinois)

Andrew, Regina Maria (Illinois)

Arendes, Jennifer L. (Illinois)

Attorney for Defendant
Judge(s)

Reinhard, Philip Godfrey (Illinois)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Adams, Raechel L. (Illinois)

Altmeyer, Helen Campbell (Illinois)

Anderson, Suzanne M (Illinois)

Andrew, Regina Maria (Illinois)

Arendes, Jennifer L. (Illinois)

Attorney, Prim F. (Illinois)

Awad, Wasan (Illinois)

Backhaus, William C (Illinois)

Bannon, Jeffrey C (Illinois)

Baran, Andrea G. (Illinois)

Batog, Konrad (Illinois)

Bean, Julie Steptoe (Illinois)

Burstein, Jeffrey Charles (Illinois)

Caiola, Michelle Anne (Illinois)

Call, Gary L. (Illinois)

Canino, Robert A (Illinois)

Carrillo, Gina E (Illinois)

Chandy, Sunu P. (Illinois)

Che, May R (Illinois)

Cheung, Raymond T. (Illinois)

Cohen, Ethan M (Illinois)

Cole, Holly Waldron (Illinois)

Coleman, Charles Franklin (Illinois)

Cooper, Ronald S (Illinois)

Costas, Toby W (Illinois)

Cox, Lisa Ann (Illinois)

Crook, Debra Hawes (Illinois)

Curtin, Nora Ellen (Illinois)

Deck, Dayna F. (Illinois)

Denig, Jessica A (Illinois)

Dixon, Pamela (Illinois)

Dreiband, Eric S (Illinois)

Dubey, Devika S (Illinois)

Farrell, Michael J (Illinois)

Feldman, Laura R (Illinois)

Fiorito, Bradley S. (Illinois)

Fischer, Kurt S (Illinois)

Flores, Carmen (Illinois)

Foslid, Kristen Marie (Illinois)

Fox, Rosemary J (Illinois)

Gochanour, Gregory M (Illinois)

Graziano, Louis (Illinois)

Grossman, Elizabeth (Illinois)

Guerrier, Charles E. (Illinois)

Gusewelle, Anne E. (Illinois)

Hamilton, Deborah L (Illinois)

Healy, Teri L. (Illinois)

Hendrickson, John C (Illinois)

Henry, Ann Marie (Illinois)

Hobson, William R (Illinois)

Holman, Patrick J (Illinois)

Imdieke, Michael H. (Illinois)

Isenhart, Jessi D. (Illinois)

Jones, Anica C. (Illinois)

Jr, Robert A (Illinois)

Kamp, Jean P (Illinois)

Kane, Deborah A. (Illinois)

Kennedy, Melvin D. (Illinois)

Kinne, Paul A. (Illinois)

Kittle, Rita Byrnes (Illinois)

Klaassen, Mark A (Illinois)

Krivonyak, J. Christopher (Illinois)

Kuelbs, Meaghan Leigh (Illinois)

Laura, Peter F. (Illinois)

Lawrence, Debra M. (Illinois)

Lee, Damien Anthony (Illinois)

Lee, James L. (Illinois)

Lee, Jeff A (Illinois)

Lee, Jeffrey A. (Illinois)

Lewis, Muslima (Illinois)

Li, Derek W (Illinois)

Liem, Connie (Illinois)

Lopez, P David (Illinois)

Lucero, A.Luis Lucero (Illinois)

Mallik, Amrita (Illinois)

Malloy, Margaret Ann (Illinois)

Marino, Stephanie (Illinois)

Martin, C Levi (Illinois)

Martinez, Ana Consuelo (Illinois)

Maxion, Sanya Hill (Illinois)

McBride, Dennis R (Illinois)

McCoy-Cruz, Kimberly A. (Illinois)

McNair, Jacqueline H. (Illinois)

Miller, Gerald L (Illinois)

Moench, William E (Illinois)

Monahan, Camille A (Illinois)

Murray, Steven Lee (Illinois)

Naccarato, Elizabeth A (Illinois)

Neary, Kathleen M. (Illinois)

Northrup, Kate (Illinois)

O'Brien, Michael J. (Illinois)

Olson, Kathryn Blaire (Illinois)

O'Neill, Mary Jo (Illinois)

Oppenheim, Harriett F (Illinois)

Palmer-Denig, Jessica Ann (Illinois)

Park, Anna (Illinois)

Parker, Russell P (Illinois)

Pearson, Gina Elaine (Illinois)

Peck, Jonathan T (Illinois)

Peral, Cesar J (Illinois)

Peters, Kirsten Jennifer (Illinois)

Peterson, Melanie M. (Illinois)

Phillips, Ronald L. (Illinois)

Pladson, Nicholas J (Illinois)

Pohl, Anna Marie (Illinois)

Powell, Molly P. (Illinois)

Ranis, Michael Bruce (Illinois)

Ratliff, Sean (Illinois)

Reams, Gwendolyn Young (Illinois)

Rethage, Thomas D (Illinois)

Rivela, David C. (Illinois)

Rivera, Jadhira Virginia (Illinois)

Roberts, Monique Joy (Illinois)

Robertson, Michelle M (Illinois)

Rose, Robert David (Illinois)

Rucker, Marsha Lynn (Illinois)

Sanghvi, Ami T. (Illinois)

Santos, Adela P. (Illinois)

Schnitzel, Andrew Marten (Illinois)

Seely, Barbara A (Illinois)

Seth, Devika Rani (Illinois)

Sexton, Richard I (Illinois)

Sirkin, Lisa (Illinois)

Smason, Diane I (Illinois)

Smith, C Emanuel (Illinois)

Stanley, John F. (Illinois)

Statkus, Carol A (Illinois)

Steele, Roberta (Illinois)

Stewart, Ronald S (Illinois)

Stith, Rebecca S. (Illinois)

Struble, Stephanie (Illinois)

Szromba, Jeanne Bowman (Illinois)

Tamayo, William R. (Illinois)

Taylor, Judith G. (Illinois)

Tetzlaff, Karl R. (Illinois)

Thomas, Gillian Lathrop (Illinois)

Thornton, Gerald L. (Illinois)

Tomlinson, Robert F (Illinois)

Tyndall, Brian C (Illinois)

Valderrama, Hillary K (Illinois)

Vance, Carrie Noelle (Illinois)

Varma, Maneesh (Illinois)

Vasichek, Laurie A (Illinois)

Vuong, Rumduol Kim (Illinois)

Weisberg, Robert E. (Illinois)

Welsh, Blaine T (Illinois)

Whitehead, Jamal N (Illinois)

Wilburn, Tanisha R (Illinois)

Williams, Faye A (Illinois)

Wong, Kam Sau (Illinois)

Woolley, Christopher (Illinois)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

3:04-cv-50251

Docket

EEOC v. PZ Restaurants, Inc.

Oct. 27, 2004

Oct. 27, 2004

Docket
9

3:04-cv-50251

Consent Decree

EEOC v. PZ Restaurants, Inc.

Oct. 27, 2004

Oct. 27, 2004

Settlement Agreement
1

3:04-cv-50251

Complaint

EEOC v. PZ Restaurants, Inc.

June 4, 2007

June 4, 2007

Complaint

Resources

Docket

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4251411/eeoc-v-pz-rest-inc/

Last updated March 14, 2024, 3:01 a.m.

ECF Number Description Date Link Date / Link
1

COMPLAINT; jury demand - Civil cover sheet - Appearance(s) of John C. Hendrickson, Gregory M. Gochanour, Laurie S. Elkin as attorney(s) for plaintiff ( 0 summons(es) issued.) ( Documents: 1-1 through 1-3) (clb) (Entered: 06/04/2004)

June 4, 2004

June 4, 2004

Clearinghouse
2

ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for PZ Rest Inc by Timothy B. Zollinger, John Anthony Guzzardo (jat) (Entered: 07/08/2004)

July 7, 2004

July 7, 2004

PACER
3

WAIVER of service of summons as to PZ Rest Inc sent on 6/9/04; signed on 6/28/04 by T. Zollinger as attorney (jat) (Entered: 07/09/2004)

July 9, 2004

July 9, 2004

PACER
4

ANSWER by PZ Rest Inc complaint [1-1] and affirmative defenses (jat) (Entered: 07/28/2004)

July 27, 2004

July 27, 2004

PACER
5

MINUTE ORDER of 10/5/04 by Hon. P. Michael Mahoney : mailed notice: Parties report cause settled. Parties given to 11/5/04 to file stipulation to dismiss. Court retains jurisdiction to enforce settlement. (jat) (Entered: 10/05/2004)

Oct. 5, 2004

Oct. 5, 2004

PACER
6

MINUTE ORDER of 10/7/04 by Hon. Philip G. Reinhard : Pursuant to Magistrate Mahoney's order of 10/5/04, this case is dismissed. Stipulation to dismiss to be filed by 11/5/04. Court retains jurisdiction to enforce settlement. Any pending motions are now moot. mailed notice (jat) (Entered: 10/08/2004)

Oct. 7, 2004

Oct. 7, 2004

PACER
7

AGREED MOTION by EEOC for entry of consent decree ; Notice of motion (jmm (Entered: 10/20/2004)

Oct. 20, 2004

Oct. 20, 2004

PACER
8

MINUTE ORDER of 10/27/04 by Hon. Philip G. Reinhard : Plaintiff's agreed motion for entry of consent decree is granted [7-1]. Enter consent decree. This case is dismissed. Any pending motions are now moot. mailed notice (jat) (Entered: 10/28/2004)

Oct. 27, 2004

Oct. 27, 2004

PACER
9

CONSENT DECREE by EEOC, PZ Rest Inc, signed by Judge Reinhard (jat) (Entered: 10/28/2004)

Oct. 27, 2004

Oct. 27, 2004

RECAP

Case Details

State / Territory: Illinois

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Multi-LexSum (in sample)

Key Dates

Filing Date: June 4, 2004

Closing Date: Oct. 27, 2004

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.

Plaintiff Type(s):

EEOC Plaintiff

Attorney Organizations:

EEOC

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

PZ Restaurants, Inc. (Sterling, Illinois), Private Entity/Person

Case Details

Causes of Action:

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

Available Documents:

Trial Court Docket

Complaint (any)

Monetary Relief

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff

Nature of Relief:

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Damages

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Amount Defendant Pays: 10000

Order Duration: 2004 - 2006

Content of Injunction:

Discrimination Prohibition

Retaliation Prohibition

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Reporting

Recordkeeping

Monitoring

Issues

General:

Retaliation

Discrimination-area:

Disparate Treatment

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Harassment / Hostile Work Environment

Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)

Discrimination-basis:

Sex discrimination

Affected Sex or Gender:

Female

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits