November 8, 2013

November 8, 2013 by mjpospis

Age Discrimination Complaint Against Dept. of Education Dismissed; No “Inference of Discrimination”

Plaintiff and former school principal Michelle Askin alleged in a discrimination lawsuit that she was “subjected to unfair and excessive scrutiny and reprimands during 2010 to 2011, including an investigation into allegations of misconduct” and then terminated. At the time, plaintiff was 54 and served as the principal of a school she had founded. In…

No Disability Discrimination Where Plaintiff Failed to Show That Position Remained Available

In Kulaya v. Dunbar Armored, Inc., the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff’s disability discrimination claim under the New York State Human Rights Law. It recited the legal standard: To state a prima facie case of employment discrimination due to a disability under [the New York State Human Rights Law, codified…