Shirley Ellis, et al. v. Costco Wholesale Corporation
Published: Jan. 25, 2014 | Result Date: Dec. 17, 2013 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 3:04-cv-03341-EMC Settlement – $8,000,000
Court
USDC Northern
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Lindsay P. Nako
(Impact Fund)
James M. Finberg
(Altshuler Berzon LLP)
Jocelyn D. Larkin
(Impact Fund)
Kelly M. Dermody
(Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP)
Daniel M. Hutchinson
(Lieff, Cabraser, Heiman & Bernstein LLP)
Robert L. Schug
(Nichols Kaster LLP)
Defendant
Kenwood C. Youmans
(Seyfarth Shaw LLP)
David D. Kadue
(Seyfarth Shaw LLP)
Gerald L. Maatman Jr.
(Seyfarth Shaw LLP)
Facts
Shirley Ellis filed a class action against Costco Wholesale Corp. seeking declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Ellis alleged that Costco discriminated against female employees by using a uniform, corporate-directed system that fails to promote equally or better qualified women into the position of Assistant General Manager and General Manager.
Result
After nearly 10 years of litigation, the parties settled for $8 million. As part of the settlement, Costco also agreed to certain programmatic relief to address the specific gender promotion issues alleged by Ellis.
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