In Mobley v. Madison Square Garden LP et al, 11-cv-8290 (SDNY March 15, 2013) (J. Batts), the Southern District of New York held that pro basketball player Cuttino Mobley plausibly stated disability discrimination claims under the New York State Human Rights Law and New York City Human Rights Law against various Madison Square Garden entities. …
Read More Cuttino Mobley’s Disability Discrimination Claims SurviveIn Cid v. ASA Institute of Business & Computer Technology, Inc., the Eastern District of New York found that plaintiff stated plausible claims for hostile work environment and retaliation (as well as aiding and abetting against individual defendants). Plaintiff claimed that her supervisor made unwelcome sexual comments, gave her unwanted gifts, and asked her out, and…
Read More Plaintiff Plausibly Alleges Sexual Harassment, Retaliation, and Aiding/Abetting ClaimsIn a recent summary order, the Second Circuit in Barrows v. Seneca Foods Corp. vacated a summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff’s same-sex sexual harassment claim. Plaintiff alleged that Sanabria [one of plaintiff’s male supervisors] constantly made vulgar comments, such as “suck my dick,” “come here and give me a blowjob,” and “[f]aggot, get the…
Read More Male-on-male sexual harassment lawsuit survives summary judgmentRemember Alexandra Marchuk? She’s the Vandy (!) Law grad who now finds herself as a defendant in a counter-suit (below) filed by defendants Faruqi & Faruqi and Juan Monteverde in response to the sexual harassment lawsuit she filed last month (which I wrote about here). In it defendants seek $15 million on each of six counterclaims, including…
Read More The Empire Strikes Back: Law Firm Files $15M Counterclaim Against Ex-AssociateLast week in Millbrook v. United States (March 27, 2013), the U.S. Supreme Court (per Justice Thomas, writing for a unanimous Court) issued a decision broadly interpreting the Federal Tort Claims Act’s so-called “law enforcement proviso” codified at 28 U.S.C. § 2680(h). Petitioner Kim Millbrook, a prisoner in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, alleged that…
Read More SCOTUS Broadly Interprets the Federal Tort Claims Act’s “Law Enforcement Proviso”This week in Wilson v. Pasquale’s DaMarino’s, Inc., 2013 WL 1195603, 10-cv-2709 (March 25, 2013) – a discrimination and wage/hour lawsuit brought by several restaurant workers – Southern District Judge Paul Gardephe issued a stern warning to litigants that flouting court deadlines and misrepresenting facts to the court will not be tolerated, and that such…
Read More Angry federal court enters default judgment as sanction for repeated litigation abusesLast week in Parisi v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., the Second Circuit held that the trial court should have granted defendant’s motion to compel arbitration of claims brought by former managing director Lisa Parisi – who is one of three women suing Goldman – that she was subjected to gender discrimination. She contends that defendant…
Read More 2nd Circuit: Under Title VII “Pattern or Practice” Refers to a Method of Proof, Not a Substantive RightIn Carroll v. County of Monroe (2d Cir. 12-975-cv, March 12, 2013), the Second Circuit affirmed the denial of plaintiff’s motion to set aside a jury verdict (or alternatively, for a new trial) after a jury found that plaintiff failed to prove her claim (brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983) that the shooting of her…
Read More 2nd Circuit: Police Not Liable For Killing of Dog During Execution of No-Knock WarrantThis week New York City lawmakers enacted (over a mayoral veto) a law prohibiting discrimination against out-of-work job seekers. (Click here for similar proposed, but un-enacted, federal legislation.) Click here for the legislation’s text and history and here for a press release discussing it. The law will take effect within 90 days of its enactment (March…
Read More New York City Enacts Legislation Prohibiting Discrimination Based On UnemploymentI am, of course, being facetious. Consider the following: Man is, or should be, woman’s protector and defender. The natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life. The constitution of the family organization, which is founded in the divine ordinance,…
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