Date: 11-10-2012

Case Style: Mark Parker v. Madison County Regional Office of Education

Case Number: 3:10-cv-00132-DRH -SCW

Judge: David R. Herndon

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (St. Clair County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Shari R. Rhode

Defendant's Attorney: Heidi L. Eckert, William W. Schooley, III and John L. Gilbert

Description: Mark Parker sied Madison County Illinois Regional Office of Education on a civil rights violation theory claiming that Defendant violated the Equal Pay Act and discriminated against her because of her sex. The claim claimed that Defendant retaliated against for complaining about how she was being treated.

Parker's annual salary was $30,742 in 2008 while her male counterpart was making $43,035.

Plaintiff claimed that she was ostracized by employees at the Madison office in retaliation for complaining.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $100,000.00.

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