Case: EEOC v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY & VISTEON CORPORATION

2:00-cv-74344 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2000

Closed Date: 2007

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Case Summary

The EEOC's Detroit office filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit division against Ford Motor Company and its former subsidiary, Visteon Corporation on September 29, 2000. The suit alleged that the defendants violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by withdrawing a job offer after learning of complainant's disability and by subjecting applicants to pre-offer medical exams. The case ended up settling and a consent decree was entered July 15, 2002. The terms of consent decree mandated Visteon paying 11 complainants a total of $415,000, in sums ranging from $5,000 to $92,619. The defendants agreed to refrain from discriminating or retaliating in violation of the ADA, and to implement ADA training for its human resources and medical personnel.The decree was entered in 2002 and scheduled to last 2007. No further docket entries exist, so the case is closed.

Summary Authors

Jason Chester (7/19/2007)

Clearinghouse (12/21/2018)

People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4291023/parties/eeoc-v-ford-mtr-co/

Judge(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Adams, Raechel L. (Michigan)

Anderson, Suzanne M (Michigan)

Attorney for Defendant

Anderson, Brian (Michigan)

Anderson, Matthew D (Michigan)

Angileri, Frank A. (Michigan)

Expert/Monitor/Master/Other

Judge(s)

Edmunds, Nancy Garlock (Michigan)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Adams, Raechel L. (Michigan)

Anderson, Suzanne M (Michigan)

Backhaus, William C (Michigan)

Bannon, Jeffrey C (Michigan)

Barno, Deborah M. (Michigan)

Bean, Julie Steptoe (Michigan)

Canino, Robert A (Michigan)

Che, May R (Michigan)

Cohen, Ethan M (Michigan)

Cooper, Ronald S (Michigan)

Costas, Toby W (Michigan)

Dawkins, Robert K. (Michigan)

Dreiband, Eric S (Michigan)

Dubey, Devika S (Michigan)

Feldman, Laura R (Michigan)

Fiorito, Bradley S. (Michigan)

Fischer, Kurt S (Michigan)

Fox, Rosemary J (Michigan)

Gochanour, Gregory M (Michigan)

Grossman, Elizabeth (Michigan)

Guerrier, Charles E. (Michigan)

Hamilton, Deborah L (Michigan)

Hendrickson, John C (Michigan)

Holman, Patrick J (Michigan)

INACTIVE, Adele Rapport (Michigan)

Jones, Anica C. (Michigan)

Kamp, Jean P (Michigan)

Lee, James L. (Michigan)

Lee, Damien Anthony (Michigan)

Lee, Jeff A (Michigan)

McBride, Dennis R (Michigan)

Mengesha, Trina R. (Michigan)

Miller, Gerald L (Michigan)

Monahan, Camille A (Michigan)

O'Brien, Michael J. (Michigan)

Oppenheim, Harriett F (Michigan)

Parker, Russell P (Michigan)

Pearson, Gina Elaine (Michigan)

Peck, Jonathan T (Michigan)

Pladson, Nicholas J (Michigan)

Reams, Gwendolyn Young (Michigan)

Robertson, Michelle M (Michigan)

Rucker, Marsha Lynn (Michigan)

Seely, Barbara A (Michigan)

Smason, Diane I (Michigan)

Smith, C Emanuel (Michigan)

Steele, Roberta (Michigan)

Stewart, Ronald S (Michigan)

Stith, Rebecca S. (Michigan)

Tamayo, William R. (Michigan)

Tomlinson, Robert F (Michigan)

Tyndall, Brian C (Michigan)

Varma, Maneesh (Michigan)

Whitehead, Jamal N (Michigan)

Attorney for Defendant

Anderson, Brian (Michigan)

Anderson, Matthew D (Michigan)

Angileri, Frank A. (Michigan)

Barella, Derek Grady (Michigan)

Baumhart, Julia Turner (Michigan)

Becker, Evelyn L. (Michigan)

Belaga, Debra S (Michigan)

Berry, Mark V (Michigan)

Blackmer, Steven G. (Michigan)

Bledsoe, Stephen M (Michigan)

Bonasso, Michael (Michigan)

Bondurant, S. Virginia (Michigan)

Borden, Charles (Michigan)

Borgsdorf, Stephen C (Michigan)

Bowles, Zach T. (Michigan)

Bowman, Abram N (Michigan)

Box, Susan Squire (Michigan)

Boyle, Mark Howard (Michigan)

Boyle, Brian D. (Michigan)

Buresh, Eric A (Michigan)

Bush, Tamara A (Michigan)

Carswell, Chanille (Michigan)

Chambless, Johnny Wayne (Michigan)

Checkovich, Tennille J. (Michigan)

Coates, Adam (Michigan)

Conforti, Damian Peter (Michigan)

Conigliaro, Janet L. (Michigan)

Crosby, Kristen Wenstrup (Michigan)

DeGrand, Karen Kies (Michigan)

Dewey, Joel Allen (Michigan)

Divita, Nicholas Lee (Michigan)

Doellinger, Chad J (Michigan)

Dorey, David Richard (Michigan)

Downer, Andrew Nelson (Michigan)

Duff, George M (Michigan)

Duffy, John J. (Michigan)

Dukmen, Kyle William (Michigan)

Emhoff, Douglas C (Michigan)

Farrell, Naima Lillian (Michigan)

Fazio, Peter J. (Michigan)

Fink, Leighann K. (Michigan)

Florence, Justin (Michigan)

Fowler, Tracy H. (Michigan)

Fucile, Mark J (Michigan)

Gladd, Nicholas W (Michigan)

Gladden, James W. (Michigan)

Goodman, Marcia E. (Michigan)

Griffin, Matthew Austin (Michigan)

Guise, Clay A. (Michigan)

Hacker, Jonathan D. (Michigan)

Hagen, Catherine B (Michigan)

Hansen, Ryan T (Michigan)

Haroff, Kevin T. (Michigan)

Herman, K Patrick (Michigan)

Hilliard, David Craig (Michigan)

Howard, Mark Stephen (Michigan)

Hultin, Paul F. (Michigan)

Hutchins, John R (Michigan)

Jaskiw, Michael A (Michigan)

Johnson, Thomas Michael (Michigan)

Jr, Joseph Kenneth (Michigan)

Jr, John R (Michigan)

Kane, Maritoni D. (Michigan)

Kirker, Jessica (Michigan)

Kunz, Andrew William (Michigan)

Kwong, Teresa (Michigan)

Lenart, Krista L. (Michigan)

LeRoy, John S. (Michigan)

Leshan, Amy C. (Michigan)

Linville, Ronald G. (Michigan)

Lucas, Andrea Ruth (Michigan)

Marshall, David Christopher (Michigan)

Marvel, Janet A. (Michigan)

Mauch, Marion V (Michigan)

McCluggage, Andrew (Michigan)

McDonald, Francis Morton (Michigan)

McLaughlin, Conor A. (Michigan)

Mennucci, William L. (Michigan)

Metlitsky, Anton (Michigan)

Millman, Timothy Scott (Michigan)

Moritz, Shannon Michelle (Michigan)

Mountcastle, Jennifer Mingus (Michigan)

Mudd, Jason R (Michigan)

Nemechek, Kathleen M. (Michigan)

Ofstein, Charles Scott (Michigan)

Owsley, Travis I. (Michigan)

Provenzano, Susan E. (Michigan)

Reid, John R. (Michigan)

Rollins, Derek Taylor (Michigan)

Rondini, John P. (Michigan)

Rubino, Kevin R (Michigan)

Salas, Henry (Michigan)

Sammataro, Carmelo B (Michigan)

Scalia, Eugene (Michigan)

Schebel, Jodi Munn (Michigan)

Schreiber, Curtiss Scott (Michigan)

Schroder, Ginger D. (Michigan)

Scumaci, Robert G. (Michigan)

Semet, Jack I. (Michigan)

Senger, Molly T (Michigan)

Shakespear, Paul W. (Michigan)

Shaw, Joshua D (Michigan)

Shors, Matthew M. (Michigan)

Sigworth, Ronald Lee (Michigan)

Singewald, Christian J. (Michigan)

Smith, Katherine V.A. (Michigan)

Solovay, Jared D. (Michigan)

Srinivasan, Sri (Michigan)

Stanford, Wendy E. (Michigan)

Stuhlbarg, Richard L (Michigan)

Tanzer, Jeffrey M (Michigan)

Teuton, Mark (Michigan)

Tew, Eric C. (Michigan)

Thomas, John Mark (Michigan)

Toone, Barry Clark (Michigan)

Vanderweele, Meagan Pearl (Michigan)

Villanueva, Jocelyn A (Michigan)

Walker, J. Tracy (Michigan)

Walker, John Tracy (Michigan)

Wamsted, Ronald Dean (Michigan)

Warren, Jeffrey Carl (Michigan)

West, Timothy R. (Michigan)

Wilcox, Melvin R (Michigan)

Williams, Cranston John (Michigan)

Winters, Mark E. (Michigan)

Wright, Elizabeth B. (Michigan)

Yarbrough, Herbert A (Michigan)

Ybarra, David W. (Michigan)

Yeatman, Jeffrey M (Michigan)

Young, Christopher M (Michigan)

Other

Billion, Mark M. (Michigan)

Bodzy, Benjamin H. (Michigan)

Brown, Reagan Mark (Michigan)

Cairns, Timothy P. (Michigan)

Carey, Raymond J. (Michigan)

Collier, Trent B. (Michigan)

Hammer, Michael C. (Michigan)

INACTIVE, Steven R. (Michigan)

Jones, Laura Davis (Michigan)

Makowski, Kathleen P. (Michigan)

Moccaldi, S. Elizabeth (Michigan)

O'Neill, James E. (Michigan)

Parres, Larry E. (Michigan)

Phillips, Philip B. (Michigan)

Plotkin, Emily H. (Michigan)

Weber, Kenneth A. (Michigan)

Zinn, Jennifer A. (Michigan)

Attorney Contact Information via CourtListener

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

2:00-cv-74344	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. Ford Mtr Co, et al	July 15, 2002	July 15, 2002 Docket
1 2:00-cv-74344	Complaint EEOC v. Ford Motor Company and Visteon Corporation	Sept. 29, 2000	Sept. 29, 2000 Complaint
2 2:00-cv-74344	First Amended Complaint EEOC v. Ford Motor Company and Visteon Corporation	Oct. 17, 2000	Oct. 17, 2000 Complaint
20 2:00-cv-74344	Consent Decree EEOC v. Ford Motor Company and Visteon Corporation	July 15, 2002	July 15, 2002 Order/Opinion

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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

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4291023/eeoc-v-ford-mtr-co/

Last updated July 20, 2026, 5:26 a.m.

Docket for: EEOC v. Ford Mtr Co

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	Sept. 29, 2000	COMPLAINT jury demand (kg) (Entered: 10/04/2000)	RECAP
2	Oct. 17, 2000	FIRST AMENDED complaint by plaintiff with jury demand (lg) (Entered: 10/20/2000)	RECAP
3	Oct. 20, 2000	ORDER reassigning case from Judge John Corbett O'Meara to Judge Avern Cohn - Reason: disqualified; with proof of mailing (nh) (Entered: 10/26/2000)	RECAP
4	Nov. 20, 2000	AFFIRMATIVE defenses by defendants (LS) (Entered: 11/29/2000)	RECAP
5	Nov. 21, 2000	NOTICE by the court of setting civil status conference for 2:00 12/5/00 with proof of mailing (LS) (Entered: 11/29/2000)	RECAP
6	Nov. 30, 2000	APPEARANCE for plaintiff of attorney Deborah M. Barno, Adele Rapport, Robert K. Dawkins with proof of mailing (LS) (Entered: 12/04/2000)	RECAP
7	Dec. 6, 2000	PRETRIAL scheduling order by Judge Avern Cohn - setting deadline for discovery for 6/30/01, setting deadline for filing motions for 7/15/01, setting final pretrial conference for 2:00 10/9/01, setting civil jury trial for 9:00 10/29/01 (LS) (Entered: 12/07/2000)	RECAP
8	Feb. 28, 2001	PROOF of mailing by plaintiffs of first set of interrogatories and request for documents and notice of deposition (LS) (Entered: 03/01/2001)	RECAP
9	March 21, 2001	PROOF of mailing by plaintiff of re-notice of depositions of John Boutorwick and Fred Berean (LS) (Entered: 03/22/2001)	RECAP
10	May 15, 2001	ORDER reassigning case from Judge Avern Cohn to Judge Nancy G. Edmunds - Reason: disqualified; with proof of mailing (nh) (Entered: 05/16/2001)	RECAP
11	May 18, 2001	PRETRIAL scheduling order by Judge Nancy G. Edmunds - setting deadline for filing dispositive motions for 7/15/01, setting deadline for final pretrial order for 10/23/01, setting final pretrial conference for 2:00 p.m. on 10/30/01 and setting civil jury trial for 11/1/01 ; with proof of mailing (dp) (Entered: 05/22/2001)	RECAP
12	May 24, 2001	PROOF of mailing of plaintiff's answers to defendant's first set of interrogatories (lg) (Entered: 05/30/2001)	RECAP
13	May 31, 2001	MOTION by plaintiff and defendants to amend scheduling order with brief (dp) (Entered: 06/01/2001)	RECAP
14	June 13, 2001	NOTICE by EEOC to withdraw attorney Deborah M. Barno for EEOC with proof of mailing (kg) (Entered: 06/14/2001)	RECAP
15	June 20, 2001	ORDER by Judge Nancy G. Edmunds granting motion to amend scheduling order by Ford Mtr Co, Visteon Corp, EEOC [13-1], setting deadline for witness list for 10/15/01, setting deadline for discovery for 12/15/01, setting deadline for filing dispositive motions for 1/15/02, setting deadline for final pretrial order for 4/18/02, setting final pretrial conference for 2:00 4/25/02, setting civil jury trial for 9:00 5/2/02 with proof of mailing [EOD Date 6/21/01] (nh) (Entered: 06/21/2001)	RECAP
16	July 23, 2001	PROTECTIVE order by Judge Nancy G. Edmunds regarding confidential discovery material [EOD Date: 7/24/01] (jg) (Entered: 07/24/2001)	RECAP
17	Oct. 18, 2001	PROOF of service of preliminary witness list via facsimile and regular first class mail. (cf) (Entered: 10/19/2001)	RECAP
18	Oct. 30, 2001	MOTION by plaintiff and defendants to amend the scheduling order ; with brief (dp) (Entered: 10/30/2001)	RECAP
19	Nov. 5, 2001	ORDER by Judge Nancy G. Edmunds granting motion to amend the scheduling order by Ford Mtr Co, Visteon Corp, EEOC [18-1], and setting deadline for expert witness reports for 4/15/02, setting deadline for discovery for 6/15/02, setting deadline for filing dispositive motions for 7/15/02, setting deadline for final pretrial order for 10/17/02, setting final pretrial conference for 2:00 10/24/02, setting trailing trial docket for 9:00 11/5/02 [EOD Date 11/6/01] (cm) (Entered: 11/06/2001)	RECAP
20	July 15, 2002	CONSENT judgment entered by Judge Nancy G. Edmunds and agreed to by Visteon Corp, Ford Mtr Co, EEOC, [EOD Date: 7/17/02] (lg) (Entered: 07/17/2002)	RECAP

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Case Details

State / Territory:

Michigan

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Multi-LexSum (in sample)

Key Dates

Filing Date: Sept. 29, 2000

Closing Date: 2007

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

Ford Motor Company

Visten Corporation

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.

Other Dockets:

Eastern District of Michigan 2:00-cv-74344

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

Follow recruitment, hiring, or promotion protocols

Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Reporting

Retaliation Prohibition

Utilize objective hiring/promotion criteria

Amount Defendant Pays: 415000

Order Duration: 2002 - 2007

Issues

Discrimination Area:

Disparate Treatment

Hiring

Medical Exam / Inquiry

Discrimination Basis:

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of EEOC v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY & VISTEON CORPORATION, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/8433/ (last updated 12/21/2018).