Case: EEOC v. ASSOCIATED HOME HEALTH CARE OF PALM BEACH

9:99-cv-08434 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 11, 1999

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2000

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Case Summary

In June 1999, the EEOC district office in Miami, Florida brought this action against Associated Home Health Care of Palm Beach, a division of Marshal Medical Services, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The complaint alleged that the defendant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 when it refused to accommodate an employee's disability and subsequently discharged her.

After the case was referred to mediation, the parties settled and a consent decree was entered. The defendant agreed to pay the aggrieved party $10,000, refrain from retaliating and discriminating on the basis of diability, distribute a copy of its ADA policy to all its staff, provide its managers and supervisors with two hours of EEO training, post an EEO notice, and submit semiannual complaint/compliance reports to the EEOC. The terms of the agreement ran for four years.

Summary Authors

Jason Chester (7/25/2007)

People

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Judge(s)

Hurley, Daniel T. K. (Florida)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Stewart, Clifford Gregory (Florida)

Attorney for Defendant

DiChiara, John Boyer (Florida)

Judge(s)

Hurley, Daniel T. K. (Florida)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Stewart, Clifford Gregory (Florida)

Attorney for Defendant

DiChiara, John Boyer (Florida)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

9:99-cv-08434	Docket EEOC v. Associated Home	Nov. 2, 2000	Nov. 2, 2000 Docket
1 9:99-cv-08434	Complaint EEOC v. Associated Home	June 11, 1999	June 11, 1999 Complaint
8 9:99-cv-08434	Order Referring Case to Mediation EEOC v. Associated Home	Nov. 17, 1999	Nov. 17, 1999 Order/Opinion
19 9:99-cv-08434	Consent Decree EEOC v. Associated Home	Nov. 2, 2000	Nov. 2, 2000 Settlement Agreement

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Under the Radar: Visibility and the Effects of Discrimination Lawsuits in Small and Large Firms Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	Research on how discrimination lawsuits affect corporate diversity has yielded mixed results. Qualitative studies highlight the limited efficacy of lawsuits in the typical workplace, finding that lit…	March 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

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Docket for: Equal Employment v. Associated Home

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	June 11, 1999	COMPLAINT filed; FILING FEE WAIVED; A-7, FJL (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/15/1999)	RECAP
2	June 11, 1999	SUMMONS(ES) issued for Associated Home (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/15/1999)	RECAP
	June 11, 1999	Magistrate identification: Magistrate Judge Frank J. Lynch, Jr. (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/15/1999)	PACER
	June 11, 1999	Magistrate identification: Magistrate Judge Frank J. Lynch, Jr. (Former Deputy Clerk)
3	June 18, 1999	ORDER REQUIRING COUNSEL TO MEET & FILE JOINT SCHEDULING REPORT: PRETRIAL ORDER filed: ( Signed by Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley on 6/18/99) CCAP [EOD Date: 6/21/99] (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/21/1999)	RECAP
4	Aug. 18, 1999	ANSWER to Complaint by Associated Home (Attorney John Boyer DiChiara),; jury demand (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/19/1999)	RECAP
5	Sept. 16, 1999	Joint Scheduling Report of Scheduling Meeting by Equal Employment, Associated Home (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/21/1999)	RECAP
6	Oct. 14, 1999	ORDER REQURING COUNSEL TO MEET & FILE AMENDED JOINT SCHEDULING REPORT: PRETRIAL ORDER filed: ( Signed by Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley on 10/13/99) CCAP [EOD Date: 10/15/99] (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/15/1999)	RECAP
7	Oct. 26, 1999	Joint Scheduling Report of Scheduling Meeting by Equal Employment, Associated Home (Former Deputy Clerk) Modified on 10/27/1999 (Entered: 10/27/1999)	RECAP
8	Nov. 16, 1999	ORDER SETTING TRAL DATE & DISCOVERY DEADLINES, REFERRING CASE TO MEDIATION & REFERRING DISCOVERY TO UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE: ORDER set trial for 10/10/00 before Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley, set calendar call for 1:30 9/29/00 before Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley (See order for other dadelines)(Signed by Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley on 11/15/99) CCAP [EOD Date: 11/17/99] (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 11/17/1999)	RECAP
8	Nov. 16, 1999	ORDER REFERRING DISCOVERY MATTERS to Magistrate Judge Frank J. Lynch, Jr. ( Signed by Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley on 11/15/99) CCAP (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 11/17/1999)	RECAP
8	Nov. 16, 1999	ORDER referring case to mediation. 15 days to appoint mediator ( Signed by Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley on 11/15/99) CCAP [EOD Date: 11/17/99] (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 11/17/1999)	RECAP
9	March 2, 2000	UNPPOSED MOTION by Equal Employment to continue trial and calendar call due to the observance of the Jewish High Holidays (Former Deputy Clerk) Modified on 03/06/2000 (Entered: 03/02/2000)	RECAP
10	March 6, 2000	ORDER denying [9-1] motion to continue trial and calendar call due to the observance of the Jewish High Holidays. Plaintiff, a large Federal Agency, may designate substitute counsel for calendar call or original counsel may make arrangements to attend by telephone (Signed by Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley on 3/5/00) CCAP [EOD Date: 3/6/00] (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 03/06/2000)	RECAP
11	June 13, 2000	NOTICE of Unavailability by attorney for Associated Home for dates of: 7/31/00 through 8/14/00 (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/13/2000)	RECAP
12	June 27, 2000	RE-NOTICE by Associated Home to take deposition of Rosetta Jackson 7/10/00 at 10:00 (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/28/2000)	RECAP
13	June 27, 2000	NOTICE by Associated Home to take deposition of Rosetta Jackson 7/11/00 at 10:00 (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/28/2000)	RECAP
14	July 6, 2000	RE-NOTICE by Associated Home to take deposition of Rosetta Jackson 7/20/00 at 10:00 (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/06/2000)	RECAP
15	July 12, 2000	PARTIES JOINT EMERGENCY MOTION by Equal Employment, Associated Home to extend discovery deadline (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/13/2000)	RECAP
16	July 13, 2000	REPORT of Mediator that: An adjournment was agreed to, pending the attorneys' accomplishing specific goals. The parties will reconvene for further mediation. Plaintiff counsel being directed to timely coordinate scheduling (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/14/2000)	RECAP
17	July 14, 2000	ORDER granting [15-1] joint motion to extend discovery deadline to 8/14/00 (Signed by Magistrate Frank J. Lynch on 7/14/00) CCAP [EOD Date: 7/17/00] (cg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 07/17/2000)	RECAP
18	Aug. 21, 2000	ORDER ON TRIAL PREPARATION: (Signed by Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley on 8/18/00) CCAP [EOD Date: 8/22/00] (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 08/22/2000)	RECAP
19	Nov. 2, 2000	CONSENT DECREE: for Equal Employment, Associated Home against Associated Home for amount of #10,000. Each party shall bear its own costs and attorneys' fees associated with this litigation. This case will be dismissed with prejudice. However, the Court will retain jurisidiction to enforce this Consent Decree during the four year period that said decree is in effect (Signed by Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley on 11/1/00) CCAP [EOD Date: 11/3/00] (Former Deputy Clerk) Modified on 11/03/2000 (Entered: 11/03/2000)	RECAP
	Nov. 2, 2000	CASE CLOSED. Case and Motions no longer referred to Magistrate. (Former Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 11/03/2000)	PACER
	Nov. 2, 2000	CASE CLOSED. Case and Motions no longer referred to Magistrate. (Former Deputy Clerk)

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Florida

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Multi-LexSum (in sample)

Key Dates

Filing Date: June 11, 1999

Closing Date: Nov. 2, 2000

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

Private Entity/Person

Associated Home Health Care of Palm Beach

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.

Other Dockets:

Southern District of Florida 9:99-cv-08434

Available Documents:

Complaint (any)

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Monetary Relief

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Granted:

Damages

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Content of Injunction:

Discrimination Prohibition

Monitoring

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Recordkeeping

Reporting

Retaliation Prohibition

Amount Defendant Pays: 10000

Order Duration: 2000 - 2004

Issues

Discrimination Area:

Accommodation / Leave

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Disparate Treatment

Discrimination Basis:

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of EEOC v. ASSOCIATED HOME HEALTH CARE OF PALM BEACH, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/6308/ (last updated 7/25/2007).