Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2003
Closed Date: 2007
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In December 2003, the EEOC district office in Detroit, Michigan brought this suit against the Daimler Chrysler Corporation, an international automobile manufacturer, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The complaint alleged that the defendant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) when it refused to reasonably accommodate an employee with a physical disability. Specifically, the defendant refused to provide her with a sign language interpreter at meetings or a device that would allow her to converse over the telephone.
The parties entered into a settlement agreement in January 2004. The defendant agreed to refrain from retaliating and discriminating based on disability, to pay the aggrieved employee $52,000, to provide her with an alpha-pager, to provide an interpreter for meetings, to engage in an interactive process if any other accommodations were needed, to expunge her employment record of any mention of this litigation, to post an EEO notice for three years, and provide EEO training. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the agreement ran for three years.
The decree was entered in 2004 and scheduled to last 2007. No further docket entries exist, so the case is closed.
Summary Authors
Jason Chester (7/12/2007)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4293026/parties/eeoc-v-daimler-chrysler/
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4293026/eeoc-v-daimler-chrysler/
Last updated May 12, 2022, 8 p.m.
State / Territory: Michigan
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Dec. 23, 2003
Closing Date: 2007
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
Daimler Chrysler Coproration (Auburn Hills, Michigan), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
Availably Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Amount Defendant Pays: 52000
Order Duration: 2004 - 2007
Content of Injunction:
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Expungement of Employment Record
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
Discrimination-basis:
Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)
EEOC-centric: