EEOC v. Village at Hamilton Pointe, LLC.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought a Title VII employment discrimination action on behalf of employees of the a long-term care facility. The lawsuit named both the facility as well as a management company that provided services at the long-term care facility as defendants and alleged that both defendants had subjected employees to racial harassment while performing their duties. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the management company, finding that the management company could not be considered an employer within Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The district court also granted partial summary judgment to the long-term care facility with regards to some employees. The remaining claims proceeded to trial and a jury awarded damages to one employee. The plaintiff appealed the summary judgment orders as well as the jury’s verdict. The Court of Appeals affirmed, finding that the district court correctly granted partial summary judgment, that the management company was not an employer within the meaning of Title VII, and that the district court did not commit reversible error during the trial of the remaining claims. (FLAUM and SCUDDER, concurring)