Date: 09-14-2001

Case Style: Barbara Martin v. DA/PRO Rubber, Inc.

Case Number: 00-CV-475

Judge: Sven Erik Holmes

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Plaintiff's Attorney: N. Kay Bridger-Riley, Diana Stallard, Eric Anthony Mareshie, and Christopher L. Camp of Bridger-Riley, Stallard & Associates, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma

Defendant's Attorney: Daniel Richard Funk, J. Ronald Petrikin, and Nancy E. Vaughn of Conner & Winters, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Description: Civil Rights - Equal Pay Claim - Barbara Martin was supervisor of the Inspection Department of DaPro Rubber and Randy Wyatt was supervisor of the Production Department of DaPro. RubberDa/Pro is a manufacturer of precision molded rubber products with its corporate headquarters and a manufacturing facility located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Plaintiff was employed by Da/Pro as an Inspection Supervisor. In the gender based wage discrimination claims, Plaintiff contended that her job as Inspection Supervisor was substantially equal to three male comparators whose positions were the Quality Control Technician, the Production Superintendent, and the Third Shift Production Foreman. Prior to the trial, Judge Holmes granted summary judgment in favor of Da/Pro on Plaintiff’s claims of retaliation in violation of Title VII and the EPA, constructive discharge, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Outcome: Defendant's verdict.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: None