Case: EEOC v. EASTON HOSPITAL

EEOC, et al v. Easton Hospital

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

EEOC v. Easton Hospital

Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev

Complaint. (lal) (Entered: 10/26/1999)

Summons(es) issued to: 3 originals mailed to counsel 10/26/99 (lal) (Entered: 10/26/1999)

Demand for jury trial by PLAINTIFF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT . , (lal) (Entered: 10/26/1999)

Standard Case Management Track. (lal) (Entered: 10/26/1999)

Affidavit of: Karl Von Lipsey re: served summons and complaint upon Ronald Bandala on behalf of DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL. Served by: Personal Service on 11/5/99. (np) (Entered: 11/18/1999)

Answer and affirmative defenses to Complaint by DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL (Attorney JOHN A. ADAMS), Certificate of Service. (af) (Entered: 11/23/1999)

ISSUE JOINED. (af) (Entered: 11/23/1999)

MOTION TO INTERVENE BY MOVANT COLLEEN M. EVANS , MEMORANDUM, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (Intervenor Complaint Attached) (dt) (Entered: 12/02/1999)

ORDER THAT THE MOTION TO INTERVENE BY MOVANT COLLEEN M. EVANS IS GRANTED. PLAINTIFF MAY FILE HER COMPLAINT IN INTERVENTION WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS ORDER ( SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM ) 1/5/00 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED AND FAXED BY CHAMBERS. (jl) (Entered: 01/05/2000)

Complaint in intervention. (ph) Modified on 01/13/2000 (Entered: 01/13/2000)

Answer, affirmative defenses to Complaint by DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL (Attorney ROGER D. SUSANIN) , Certificate of Service. (ph) (Entered: 02/07/2000)

ISSUE JOINED. (ph) (Entered: 02/07/2000)

Notice of Appearance of MARY M. TIERNAN for PLAINTIFF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. (fb) (Entered: 05/05/2000)

MOTION BY DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT , MEMORANDUM, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (fb) (Entered: 10/13/2000)

Response by PLAINTIFF COLLEEN M. EVANS to DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, Brief, Certificate of Service. (np) (Entered: 10/27/2000)

Memorandum of Law by PLAINTIFF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT in Opposition to DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, Certificate of Service. (np) (Entered: 10/27/2000)

Reply Memorandum of law by DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL in support of DEFT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, Certificate of Service. (fb) (Entered: 10/30/2000)

MOTION BY DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE OF DR. GHIA'S OTHER CONDUCT , CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (fb) (Entered: 10/30/2000)

MOTION BY DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL TO EXCLUDE DR. GHIA'S ALLEGED CONDUCT TOWARDS MS. EVANS OUTSIDE THE WORK ENVIROMENT FROM HER HOSTILE WORK ENVIROMENT CLAIM , CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (fb) (Entered: 10/30/2000)

Minute entry: Jury Trial Day 1, dated 10/30/00, Hearing on Deft's Motion for Summary Judgment. Remarks by the court. John A. Adams, Esq. addressed the court on behalf of the deft. Mary Tiernan, Esq. addressed the court on behalf of plff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. RULING BY THE COURT: The Motion for Summary Judgment is denied. Voir Dire selection. Eight jurors were selected to serve on the panel; Jury panel sworn. Opening statement by Mary Tiernan, Esq. on behalf of plff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Opening statement by Gerald J. Williams, Esq. on behalf of plff intervenor Colleen M. Evans. Opening statement by John A. Adams, Esq. on behalf of deft Easton Hospital. Witnesses were called and sworn on behalf of plff intervenor, etc.. (fb) (Entered: 11/01/2000)

Minute entry: 10/31/00, jury trial day 2, Witnesses called and sworn. (jl) (Entered: 11/01/2000)

ORDER THAT THE CLERK SHALL ISSUE A BENCH WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF DR. PRADEEP GHIA WHO WAS SUBPOENAED AND SERVED ON 10/27/00 TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY, FOR HIS FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR 11/1/00 AT 10:00 A.M.(SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM) 11/2/00 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED. (fb) (Entered: 11/02/2000)

Proposed Jury instructions by COLLEEN M. EVANS, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. (fb) (Entered: 11/02/2000)

Proposed Jury instructions by EASTON HOSPITAL. (fb) (Entered: 11/02/2000)

Minute entry: Jury Trial Day 4, dated 11/2/00, Remarks by the court. Michael Perucci, Esq. addressed the court on behalf of Dr. Pradeep Ghia. Eight jurors present. Deft's case continues. Witness called and sworn. The following proceedings occurred out of the presence of the jury. Witness called and sworn. Eight jurors present. Witnesses called and sworn. Deft rest. Motions for Judgment as a Matter of Law. Motions denied. Charge conference. Closing argument by Mary M. Tiernan, Esq. on behalf of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Closing argument by Gerald J. Williams, Esq. on behalf of Colleen M. Evans. (fb) (Entered: 11/06/2000)

Minute entry: Jury Trial Day 3, dated 11/1/00, Eight jurors present. The trial resumes. Plff and Plff Intervenor's case continues. Witnesses called and sworn. Plffs' exhibits were moved into the record and received by the court. Plff rest. Plff intervenor rest. The court issued a bench warrant for Dr. Pradeep Ghia. Deft's case: Deft's exhibits were moved and received. Witnesses called and sworn. (fb) (Entered: 11/06/2000)

Minute entry: Jury Trial, Day 5, dated 11/3/00, Remarks by the court. Eight jurors present. Closing argument by John A. Adams, Esq. on behalf of the deft Easton Hospital. Rebuttal argument by Gerald J. Williams, Esq. The court charged the jury. The jury deliberated. Lunch furnished for the jury. Jury question. The jury continued deliberations. A verdict by interrogatories was returned by the jury in favor of the plffs and against the deft in the sum of $2,355.00. (fb) (Entered: 11/07/2000)

Questions to jurors and answers thereof. (fb) (Entered: 11/07/2000)

ORDER THAT THE CLERK OF COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PA BE AND HE IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO FURNISH LUNCH FOR EIGHT JURORS AND ONE DEPUTY CLERK ENGAGED IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED CASE. (fb) (Entered: 11/07/2000)

ORDER THAT JUDGMENT IS ENTERED for COLLEEN M. EVANS, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT against EASTON HOSPITAL for $2,355.00. 11/7/00 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED. (SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM) (fb) (Entered: 11/07/2000)

Case closed (kv) (Entered: 11/08/2000)

ORDER THAT THE BENCH WARRANT ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF DR. PRADEEP GHIA IS WITHDRAWN. (SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM) 11/15/00 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED. (fb) (Entered: 11/15/2000)

MOTION BY PLAINTIFF COLLEEN M. EVANS FOR COUNSEL FEES AND LITIGATION COSTS PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. SECTION 1988 , BRIEF, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (fb) Modified on 11/21/2000 (Entered: 11/21/2000)

MOTION BY PLAINTIFF COLLEEN M. EVANS FOR NEW TRIAL PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 59(a) AND FOR JUDGMENT NOT WITHSTANDING THE VERDICT PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 50 , BRIEF, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (fb) (Entered: 11/21/2000)

MOTION BY PLAINTIFF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT FOR A NEW TRIAL ON COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND ON THE ISSUE OF CONSTRUCTION DISCHARGE , MEMORANDUM, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (fb) (Entered: 11/21/2000)

MOTION BY PLAINTIFF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT FOR EQUITABLE RELIEF , MEMORANDUM, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (fb) (Entered: 11/21/2000)

VERIFIED MOTION BY PLAINTIFF COLLEEN M. EVANS PURSUANT TO L.R.C.P. 7.1(e) , CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (fb) (Entered: 12/06/2000)

Transcript for Trial, dated 10/30/00. (fb) (Entered: 12/08/2000)

Transcript for Trial, dated 11/1/00. (fb) (Entered: 12/08/2000)

Transcript for Civil Jury Trial, dated 11/2/00. (fb) (Entered: 12/08/2000)

Transcript for Hearing, dated 11/3/00. (fb) (Entered: 12/08/2000)

Response by DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL to PLFFS' MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL, Certificate of Service. (fb) (Entered: 12/08/2000)

Response by DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL to THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION'S MOTION FOR EQUITABLE RELIEF, Certificate of Service. (fb) (Entered: 12/08/2000)

Response by DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL to PLFF EVANS' MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS, Certificate of Service. (fb) (Entered: 12/11/2000)

Transcript of 10/31/00, jury trial (jl) (Entered: 12/12/2000)

Reply Brief by PLAINTIFF COLLEEN M. EVANS in support of her POST-TRIAL MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS, Certificate of Service. (fb) (Entered: 12/19/2000)

ORDER, THE MOTION PURSUANT TO L.R.C.P. 7.1(e) IS GRANTED, AND IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT PLFF - INTERVENOR IS EXCUSED FROM ORDERING A SEPERATE TRIAL TRANSCRIPT IN THIS MATTER, ETC.. (SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM) 12/22/00 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED. (fb) (Entered: 12/22/2000)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL ON COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND ON THE ISSUE OF CONSTRUCTION DISCHARGE IS DENIED. ( SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM ) 1/9/01 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED. (fdc) (Entered: 01/09/2001)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT THE INTERVENOR PLAINTIFF SHALL SUBMIT A REVISED CALCULATION OF HER FEE REQUEST, IN CONFORMITY WITTH THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE FOREGOING MEMORANDUM. ( SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM ) 1/9/01 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED. (fdc) (Entered: 01/09/2001)

Supplemental Submission of PLAINTIFF COLLEEN M. EVANS Supporting her Claim for Fees and Costs, Certificate of Service. (np) (Entered: 01/29/2001)

Response by DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL to PLFF EVANS' supplement to her MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS, Certificate of Service. (fb) (Entered: 02/14/2001)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: THE MOTION FOR EQUITABLE RELIEF IS GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. THE CLERK IS DIRECTED TO CLOSE THE FILE, ETC.. (SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM) 3/23/01 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED. (fb) (Entered: 03/23/2001)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: PLFF IS AWARDED $44,800 ON ACCOUNT OF HER COUNSEL FEES, AND $3,707.64 FOR COSTS INCURRED, FOR A TOTAL AWARD OF $48,507.64, FOR WHICH JUDGMENT IS ENTERED for COLLEEN M. EVANS against EASTON HOSPITAL. 3/29/01 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED. (SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM) (fb) (Entered: 03/29/2001)

Notice of appeal by DEFENDANT EASTON HOSPITAL. Fee Status: paid. Copies to: JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM, Clerk USCA, Appeals Clerk, and WANDA FLOWERS, JACQUELINE H. MC NAIR, IRIS SANTIAGO-FLORES, MARY M. TIERNAN, JOHN A. ADAMS, ROGER D. SUSANIN, GERALD J. WILLIAMS, certificate of service. (fb) (Entered: 04/30/2001)

Copy of Clerk's notice to USCA re: [48-1] appeal. (fb) Modified on 04/30/2001 (Entered: 04/30/2001)

Notice of appeal by PLAINTIFF COLLEEN M. EVANS. Fee Status: paid. Copies to: JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM, Clerk USCA, Appeals Clerk, and WANDA FLOWERS, JACQUELINE H. MC NAIR, IRIS SANTIAGO-FLORES, MARY M. TIERNAN, JOHN A. ADAMS, ROGER D. SUSANIN, JAMIE C. RAY, GERALD J. WILLIAMS. (fb) (Entered: 05/01/2001)

Copy of Clerk's notice to USCA re: [50-1] appeal. (fb) (Entered: 05/01/2001)

Notice of Docketing ROA from USCA Re: [48-1] appeal USCA NUMBER: 01-2057 . 4/30/01 (jpd) (Entered: 05/01/2001)

Notice of Docketing ROA from USCA Re: [50-1] appeal USCA NUMBER: 01-2080 . 5/7/01 (jpd) (Entered: 05/07/2001)

Copy of TPO form ref: [50-1] appeal . (jpd) (Entered: 05/08/2001)

Copy of TPO form ref: [48-1] appeal. (fdc) (Entered: 05/10/2001)

RECORD COMPLETE FOR PURPOSES OF APPEAL. (ke) (Entered: 05/10/2001)

Notice of appeal by PLAINTIFF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. Fee Status: U.S. Gov't. Copies to: JUDGE JOHN P. FULLAM, Clerk USCA, Appeals Clerk, and WANDA FLOWERS, JACQUELINE H. MC NAIR, IRIS SANTIAGO-FLORES, MARY M. TIERNAN, JOHN A. ADAMS, ROGER D. SUSANIN, JAMIE C. RAY, GERALD J. WILLIAMS, certificate of service. (fb) (Entered: 05/22/2001)

Copy of Clerk's notice to USCA re: [54-1] appeal. (fb) (Entered: 05/22/2001)

Notice of Docketing ROA from USCA Re: [54-1] appeal USCA NUMBER: 01-2295 . 5/23/01 (jpd) (Entered: 05/24/2001)

Certified copy of order from USCA dated: 6/4/01 TERMINATING [54-1] appeal, it is entered dismissed by the Clerk under the authority conferred upon her by Rule 42(b), Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, etc.. (fb) (Entered: 06/06/2001)

Certified copy of order from USCA dated: 10/15/01 TERMINATING [50-1] appeal, In accordance with the agreement of the parties in the above entitled case, it is entered dismissed by the Clerk under the authority conferred upon her by Rule 42(b), Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, etc.. (fb) (Entered: 10/17/2001)

Certified copy of order from USCA dated: 10/15/01 TERMINATING [48-1] appeal, In accordance with the agreement of the parties in the above entitled case, it is entered dismissed by the Clerk under the authority conferred upon her by Rule 42(b), Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, etc.. (fb) (Entered: 10/17/2001)