Case: EEOC v. PHM CORP.

3:06-cv-01624 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 21, 2006

Closed Date: April 18, 2009

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Case Summary

In September 2006, the EEOC's New Orleans office filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana against PMH Corporation and its integrated subsidiaries Woodlawn Manor, Inc. and West Monroe Guest House, Inc. alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 including racial discrimination and retaliation. The complainant, a black female, was employed at one of the defendant's nursing homes as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She was fired for declining overtime work for an undesirable assignment ñ an offense perpetrated by white employees in the past without punishment. She then applied at another of defendant's nursing homes and was turned away because her previous employer said she had abandoned her job despite the fact that white employees had been able to procure a job there after being fired from a sister facility. The parties reached an agreement on a consent decree in April 2007, which was adopted by the court. The decree ordered defendant to pay complainant $15,000 and issue her a written apology and provide her with a positive reference. Further, defendants were enjoined from discriminating and retaliating as well as required to institute equal employment opportunity training programs and policies.The terms of the agreement were to run for 2 years. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2009.

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Summary Authors

Jason Chester (7/30/2007)

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People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4975598/parties/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-p-h-m-corp/

Judge(s)

James, Robert Gillespie (Louisiana)

Judge(s)

James, Robert Gillespie (Louisiana)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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3:06-cv-01624	Docket (PACER) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. P H M Corp	April 18, 2007	April 18, 2007 Docket
1-1 3:06-cv-01624	Complaint Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. P H M Corp d/b/a The Oaks & West Monroe Guest House	Sept. 21, 2006	Sept. 21, 2006 Complaint
8 3:06-cv-01624	Amended Complaint and Jury Demand Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. P H M Corp d/b/a The Oaks & West Monroe Guest House	Dec. 22, 2006	Dec. 22, 2006 Complaint
12 3:06-cv-01624	Order [show cause] EEOC v. PHM Corp., et al	Feb. 1, 2007	Feb. 1, 2007 Order/Opinion
24-1 3:06-cv-01624	Consent Decree U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. P H M Corp d/b/a The Oaks & West Monroe Guest House, et al	April 18, 2007	April 18, 2007 Settlement Agreement
23 3:06-cv-01624	Judgment U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. P H M Corp d/b/a The Oaks & West Monroe Guest House, et al	April 18, 2007	April 18, 2007 Order/Opinion

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Resources

Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
Black Farmers FAQ: The history of discrimination against Black farmers and policy initiatives to remedy these inequities. Legal Defense Fund	Black farmers have long faced systemic discrimination by public and private institutions and barriers to economic mobility. Inequities in the administration of government farm programs and discrimina…		https://www.naacpldf.org/...
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

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4975598/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-p-h-m-corp/

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
24	CONSENT DECREE. Signed by Judge Robert G James on 4/18/07. (crt,Dickerson, D) 1 Searchable Copy of Opinion View on PACER	April 18, 2007	April 18, 2007 RECAP