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Soda Bottler Strikes Deal To End EEOC Disability Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff · May 15, 2026, 4:42 PM EDT

A North Carolina soft drink bottling company has agreed to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it refused to permanently hire a probationary employee with multiple sclerosis, according...

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Case Information

Case Title

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. PIEDMONT CHEERWINE BOTTLING COMPANY

Case Number

1:25-cv-00821

Court

North Carolina Middle

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities - Employment

Date Filed

September 08, 2025