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Indiana Nursing Home Operator Sued for Disability Discrimination

Bloomington, Ind.-based senior living community operator Heart of CarDon LLC has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by refusing to accommodate a qualified employee with a disability, which resulted in the employee losing her job. According …

EEOC Sues Blue Sky Vision for Disability Discrimination at Michigan Facility

Blue Sky Vision L.L.C., a Delaware-based management services organization that provides support to eye care providers, has been sued by federal employment officials for employee disability discrimination at a facility in Grand Rapids, Mich. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …

Illinois Limousine Service to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

M&M Limousine Service in Des Plaines, Ill., will pay a deaf job applicant $30,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged M&M Limousine with violating federal discrimination law …

Dallas Electric Utility to Pay $50K to Settle Federal Disability Discrimination Suit

A Dallas-based electric utility company will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, federal officials said. A consent decree in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) lawsuit against Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC was …

Arkansas’ Crain Automotive to Pay $27.1K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit

Crain Automotive Holdings Inc., headquartered in Sherwood, Arkansas, will pay $27,100 to a former employee as part of the settlement of a federal disability discrimination lawsuit. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s lawsuit alleged the company refused to provide a medical …

Texas Medical Providers to Pay $30K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit

Tyler, Texas-based medical providers, Pulmonary Specialists of Tyler and Sleep Health, will pay $30,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by federal regulators. According to the lawsuit filed by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Sleep Health required employees …

Louisiana Firm to Pay $70K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

A packaging company in Monroe, Louisiana, has agreed to pay $70,000 in lost wages and damages, and provide other significant relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit. The suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), alleges …

Texas Petrochemical Contractor to Pay $135K in Disability Suit Settlement

A Texas petrochemical services company that fired three brothers because of a blood disorder that they shared will pay $135,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by federal officials over the firing. Signature Industrial Services LLC in Beaumont has also committed …

Indiana Hospital to Pay $15K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center Inc. in Indiana must pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC had charged …

Chicago Auto Dealer to Settle Sex Orientation, Disability Discrimination Suit for $100K

Chicago car dealership Evergreen Kia will pay $100,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual orientation and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. According to the EEOC’s suit, Evergreen Kia …