Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2006
Closed Date: 2010
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In September 2006, the Houston District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against National Vision, Inc., doing business as The Vision Center, and Mr. S J Charendoff in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging discrimination on the basis of gender, female, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged the defendants subjected the complaining parties to a sexually hostile work environment. The complaining parties intervened in the lawsuit in October 2006. Following discovery, a successful motion for summary judgment by Mr. Charendoff and a pending motion for summary judgment by National Vision, Inc., the remaining parties settled the lawsuit in November 2007 through a consent decree.
The three-year decree, containing anti-discrimination and retaliation paragraphs, requires the defendant to: report on complaints and make other compliance reports, keep records, expunge the employment records of the complainants, provide the complainants with neutral references, post and distribute notice of employee rights, provide EEO training, require certain actions to be taken by Mr. Charendoff, and pay $175,000 to be distributed among four individuals. Following the entry of the decree, a consent motion to dismiss the plaintiffs-intervenors claims was granted. As there is no further docket activity, presumably this case closed in 2010.
Summary Authors
Daisy Manning (5/6/2008)
Rachel Barr (3/18/2018)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4389400/parties/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-national-vision-inc/
Bush, Don D. (Texas)
Heartfield, Thad (Texas)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4389400/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-national-vision-inc/
Last updated Dec. 20, 2024, 4:01 a.m.
Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory: Texas
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 25, 2006
Closing Date: 2010
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
National Vision, Inc. (Lufkin, Texas), Private Entity/Person
S J Charendoff (Lufkin, Texas), Private Entity/Person
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
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Amount Defendant Pays: 175000
Order Duration: 2007 - 2010
Issues
Discrimination Area:
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination Basis:
Affected Sex/Gender(s):
EEOC-centric: