Case: EEOC v. Gurtz Electric Company

1:02-cv-04976 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 15, 2002

Closed Date: March 1, 2004

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Case Summary

In July 2002, the Chicago District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against construction companies Pickus Construction & Equipment Company, Inc. and Gurtz Electric Co in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 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 defendant allowed sexually offensive graffiti to remain on the walls of a construction site and public toil…

Only the consent decree between the EEOC and Pickus is available. The two-year decree, containing anti-discrimination and retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: report on complaints and make other compliance reports, keep records, allow the EEOC access for monitoring, update its anti-discrimination policy, post and distribute notice of employee rights, provide EEO training, implement a complaint resolution process, and pay $29,750 to be distributed among two individuals. The EEOC Litigation Settlement Report states that Gurtz was required to pay the claimants $50,000.

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Daisy Manning (4/25/2008)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:02-cv-04976	Docket [PACER]	March 1, 2004	March 1, 2004 Docket
1 1:02-cv-04976	Complaint	July 15, 2002	July 15, 2002 Complaint
1:02-cv-04976	EEOC Litigation Settlement Report - April 2003 No Court	June 17, 2003	June 17, 2003 Press Release
19 1:02-cv-04976	Consent Decree EEOC v. Pickus Construction and Equipment Company, Inc.	June 17, 2003	June 17, 2003 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

Last updated March 27, 2025, 8:55 a.m.

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT - jury demand - Civil cover sheet - Appearance(s) of John C. Hendrickson, Gregory M. Gochanour, Beth A. Miller as attorney(s) for plaintiff ( no summons summons(es) issued.) ( Documents: 1-1 through 1-3) (yap) Modified on 07/15/2002 (Entered: 07/15/2002)	July 15, 2002	July 15, 2002
2	WAIVER of service of summons as to defendant Gurtz Electric Co sent on 7/16/02. (yp) (Entered: 07/25/2002)	July 24, 2002	July 24, 2002
	SCHEDULE set on 8/9/02 by Hon. John W. Darrah : Status hearing set to 9:00 9/17/02 . Mailed notice (wah) (Entered: 08/09/2002)	Aug. 9, 2002	Aug. 9, 2002
3	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant by Sidney E. Morrison, Howard Marks, Frank T. Davenport, Lynn Luchesse-Soto. (yp) (Entered: 09/13/2002)	Sept. 12, 2002	Sept. 12, 2002
4	ANSWER by defendant [1-1]; Notice. (yp) (Entered: 09/13/2002)	Sept. 12, 2002	Sept. 12, 2002
	SCHEDULE set on 9/17/02 by Hon. John W. Darrah : Status hearing held and continued to 9:00 10/2/02 . Mailed notice (ldg) (Entered: 09/17/2002)	Sept. 17, 2002	Sept. 17, 2002
5	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant Pickus Constr & by Louis W. Brydges Jr.; Notice. (yp) (Entered: 09/27/2002)	Sept. 26, 2002	Sept. 26, 2002
	SCHEDULE set on 10/2/02 by Hon. John W. Darrah : Status hearing held. Discovery ordered closed on 4/1/03 . Pretrial conference set to 11:00 7/2/03. Jury trial set to 10:00 8/11/03 . Mailed notice (ldg) (Entered: 10/03/2002)	Oct. 2, 2002	Oct. 2, 2002
6	MOTION by defendant Pickus Constr & for leave to file instanter answer and affirmative defenses to complaint ; Notices. (lc) (Entered: 12/03/2002)	Dec. 2, 2002	Dec. 2, 2002
8	MOTION by plaintiff for substitution of counsel ; Notice. (gcy) (Entered: 01/21/2003)	Jan. 9, 2003	Jan. 9, 2003
10	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for plaintiff by Deborah Lois Hamilton (gcy) (Entered: 01/21/2003)	Jan. 9, 2003	Jan. 9, 2003
9	MINUTE ORDER of 1/16/03 by Hon. John W. Darrah: Plaintiff's motion for substitution of counsel is granted [8-1]. Ms Deborah L. Hamilton is new counsel substituted for Ms. Beth Miller. Mailed notice (gcy) (Entered: 01/21/2003)	Jan. 16, 2003	Jan. 16, 2003
	NOTICE by defendant Pickus Constr & and Equipment Company's counsel of change of address (Original in case file 02 cv 2919) (yap) (Entered: 01/23/2003)	Jan. 22, 2003	Jan. 22, 2003
11	NOTICE of filing by defendant Pickus Constr & Equipment Company's counsel of change of address [0-1] (yap) (Entered: 01/23/2003)	Jan. 22, 2003	Jan. 22, 2003
	NOTICE by defendant Pickus Constr &'s counsel of change of address. (Original in 02C1975) (air) (Entered: 01/27/2003)	Jan. 22, 2003	Jan. 22, 2003
16	JOINT MOTION by plaintiff EEOC and defendant Gurtz Elec Co for entry of consent decree (Attachment); Notice. (jmp) (Entered: 03/14/2003)	March 4, 2003	March 4, 2003
12	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for defendant Pickus Constr & by Allen William Dub, Michael Adam Paull (eav) (Entered: 03/10/2003)	March 6, 2003	March 6, 2003
13	MOTION by Allen W. Dub and Klein Dub & Holleb, Ltd. for substitution of attorneys ; Notice (las) (Entered: 03/13/2003)	March 6, 2003	March 6, 2003
14	SUBSTITUTION of attorneys by Pickus Constr & (las) (Entered: 03/13/2003)	March 6, 2003	March 6, 2003
15	MINUTE ORDER of 3/12/03 by Hon. John W. Darrah : Defendant Pickus Contruction's motion for substitution of attorneys is granted [13-1]. Attorney Louis W. Brydges Jr. is withdrawn and attorneys Allen W. Dub and Michael A. Paull are substituted attorneys for Pickus Constr & and Equipment Company. Mailed notice (las) (Entered: 03/13/2003)	March 12, 2003	March 12, 2003
17	MINUTE ORDER of 3/13/03 by Hon. John W. Darrah : EEOC's and Gurtz Electric Co's joint motion for entry of consent decree is granted [16-1]. (Entered Consent Decree). Mailed notice (jmp) (Entered: 03/14/2003)	March 13, 2003	March 13, 2003
18	JOINT MOTION by plaintiff EEOC and defendant Pickus Constr for entry of consent decree (Attachments); Notice (rmm) (Entered: 06/18/2003)	June 10, 2003	June 10, 2003
19	MINUTE ORDER of 6/17/03 by Hon. John W. Darrah: EEOC and Pickus Construction's joint motion for entry of consent decree is granted [18-1] (Entered consent decree (Attachments)). Mailed notice (rmm) (Entered: 06/18/2003)	June 17, 2003	June 17, 2003
20	MINUTE ORDER of 3/1/04 by Hon. John W. Darrah : Consent decree having been entered on 06/17/03, this case is hereby closed. [19-1] Terminating case. Mailed notice (hp) (Entered: 03/02/2004)	March 1, 2004	March 1, 2004