Equal Employment Opportunity Comm v. Yale New Haven Hospital Inc.
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February 01, 2024
EEOC's Yale Hospital Suit Shows Risks Of Age-Based Testing
A pending U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission challenge to Yale New Haven Hospital's policy requiring doctors over 70 to submit to medical testing to retain their staff privileges demonstrates the danger of administering age-based tests in the workplace, a practice discrimination lawyers on both sides of the bar say is fraught with legal risk.
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June 12, 2023
Screening Older MDs Needed For Patient Safety, Court Told
Several health care organizations backed Yale New Haven Hospital Monday in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit challenging the hospital's policy of medically evaluating older doctors, saying the EEOC's stance could impede efforts to keep patients safe.
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April 06, 2023
EEOC Pushes Court To Reject Amici In Yale Age Bias Suit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Connecticut federal court to reject an amicus brief backing Yale New Haven Hospital in the agency's suit alleging the hospital's medical evaluation tests for doctors over 70 violate age bias laws, arguing the filing doesn't provide any useful information.
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March 27, 2023
Exams For Older MDs Needed To Protect Patients, Yale Says
Yale New Haven Hospital urged a Connecticut federal judge to toss the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit claiming its medical evaluation tests for doctors over 70 violate age bias laws, arguing the exams protect patients and reduce mistakes.
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March 04, 2022
EEOC Says No Proof For Yale's Testing Policy Dooms Defense
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has told a federal judge that Yale New Haven Hospital exposed a "fatal" weakness in its argument by owning up to not having any proof that its practice of requiring older doctors to submit to certain exams was necessary to help patients.
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November 16, 2021
EEOC Can't Shield Yale Docs' Diagnoses In Age Bias Suit
A Connecticut federal judge rejected the EEOC's request to bar medical practitioners at the center of its age discrimination suit against Yale New Haven Hospital from having to answer deposition questions about potential cognitive conditions, finding these queries were appropriate discovery.
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September 20, 2021
EEOC Says Yale Docs' Diagnoses Irrelevant In Age Bias Suit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reiterated its stance that Yale New Haven Hospital shouldn't be allowed to ask certain doctors in an age discrimination suit about their cognitive health, saying the information isn't relevant to the case as the hospital contends.
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August 17, 2021
Yale Docs' Cognitive Health Should Be Off Limits, EEOC Says
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Connecticut federal judge to block Yale New Haven Hospital from asking older doctors at the center of an age bias suit about their cognitive health during upcoming depositions, saying the proposed questions are "illegal" and "invasive."
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June 29, 2021
Yale Ordered To Produce Psych Tests In Age Bias Case
A Connecticut federal judge ruled Tuesday that Yale New Haven Hospital Inc. must cough up the psychological tests it allegedly forced on older medical practitioners, saying the documents weren't protected by a privilege that shields medical professionals' views of their peers from disclosure.
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June 02, 2021
EEOC Wants Copies Of Psych Tests Used At Yale Hospital
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has urged a Connecticut federal judge to order Yale New Haven Hospital to cough up psychological exams it's accused of forcing on older medical practitioners, saying the tests were central to its age bias case.