Initiating litigation and finalizing the pleadings

• Author: Aaron B. Maduff
• Pages: 155-184

INITIATING LITIGATION

6-1 INITIATING LITIGATION AND FINALIZING THE PLEADINGS §6.1

CHAPTER 6: INITIATING LITIGATION and FINALIZING THE PLEADINGS

§6.1 TASK: DETERMINE WHO TO NAME AS DEFENDANTS

§6.1.1 WHAT AND WHY











§6.1.2 WHEN





§6.1.3 HOW

§6.1.3.1 Identify Plaintiff ’s Employer

§6.1.3.1.1 Name Correct Entity







Roberts v. Michaels



Coey v. Dobbs International Services, Inc.









Practice Note: Ask your client to bring in a paycheck stub or W-2 form.









Practice Note:If a mistake has been made and the employer has been incorrectly named,

f‌ile a motion to amend the complaint to name the correct defendant.



§6.1.3.1.2 Parent Company as Defendant





Cook v. Arrowsmith Shelburne, Inc

See also Turley v. ISG Lackawanna, Inc.Sandoval

v. American Building, Maintenance Industries, Inc.

Johnson v. Flowers

Industries, Inc.

Id at

Turley



Turley

INITIATING LITIGATION

§6.1LITIGATING SEXUAL HARASSMENT & SEX DISCRIMINATION CASES 6-2



Id. 





§6.1.3.1.3 Succession of Ownership





Practice Note: Report conduct to successor employer









Whitmore v. O’Connor Management







§6.1.3.1.4 Joints Employers





Felder v.

United States Tennis Associationciting Arculeo v. On-Site Sales & Mktg., LLC



See Johnson

v. Flowers Indus., Inc.see Perry v. VHS

San Antonio Partners, L.L.C.

§6.1.3.1.5 Religious Order as Employer















McClure v. Salvation Army

Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church &

School v. E.E.O.C.







Bollard

v. California Province of the Society of Jesus



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EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc.









Penn v. New York Methodist Hospital

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