Ford: EEOC Settlement Bars Class Certification In Harassment Suit

(February 8, 2018, 11:22 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A $10,125,000 settlement between Ford Motor Co. and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reached in August 2017 to end claims of racial and sexual harassment largely moots relief being sought by Ford workers in a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Ford argues in its Jan. 16 motion to deny class certification (Christie Van, et al. v. Ford Motor Company, No. 14-8708, N.D. Ill.)....