Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2006
Closed Date: Jan. 8, 2013
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In September 2006 the Norfolk and Charlotte Offices of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against Mexican Express Amigos, Inc., doing business as Mamasita's Restaurant, and Mexican Express Carolina, Inc., doing business as Mamasita's Restaurant, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, alleging discrimination on the basis of gender, female, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendants were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment, leading to their constructive discharge and, in one case, retaliatory action against the complainants. Following some discovery, the parties settled the lawsuit through a consent decree.
The five-year decree, containing anti-discrimination and retaliation clauses, required the defendants to: report on complaints, make compliance reports, allow the EEOC access for monitoring, provide references to the complaining parties, develop an anti-discrimination policy, post and distribute notice of EEO rights, provide EEO training, and pay $25,000 to be distributed among three complaining parties. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2013.
Summary Authors
David Friedman (5/6/2008)
Clearinghouse (6/10/2017)
Last updated March 27, 2024, 3 a.m.
State / Territory: North Carolina
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 27, 2006
Closing Date: Jan. 8, 2013
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
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
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: 25000
Order Duration: 2008 - 2013
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: