May 2023

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In Yu et al v. Shanghai Dumpling, Inc. et al, 2023 WL 3728347 (S.D.N.Y. May 30, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted plaintiff’s motion for default judgment on plaintiff’s claim of age discrimination asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. From the decision: Plaintiff’s first cause of action asserts a claim for employment discrimination…

Read More Age Discrimination (Termination) Claim Sufficiently Alleged Against Shanghai Dumpling; Default Judgment Awarded
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In Pisano v. Reynolds, No. 653347/2022, 2023 WL 3601527, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 31741(U) (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County May 23, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that New York Labor Law § 740 – New York’s “whistleblower” statute – did not apply retroactively. Notably, the New York legislature recently broadened this statute to…

Read More Court: NY Labor Law § 740 Not Applied Retroactively; Events Forming Basis For Claims Preceded Statute’s Substantial Expansion
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In Kocher v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Civil Action No. 22-3808, 2023 WL 3689702 (E.D.Pa. May 26, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s retaliation claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. the court held that…

Read More Retaliation Claim, Based on Adverse Actions Following Filing of EEO Complaint, Sufficiently Alleged
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In Brown v. Denis R. McDonough, in his official capacity as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2023 WL 3646933 (D.D.C., May 25, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim(s). The court explained: Although it is clear from her allegations that Ms. Brown had an acrimonious relationship with several…

Read More “Acrimonious” Relationship With Supervisors Did Not Constitute Hostile Work Environment, Court Holds
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In Bobowicz v. Holy Name Medical Center, Inc., 2023 WL 2579058 (N.J.Super.A.D. March 21, 2023), the court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim. From the decision: Plaintiffs assert this case is subject to the Lehmann standard, which concerns sexual harassment that creates a hostile work environment. Lehmann v. Toys ‘R’ Us, Inc., 132…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claim Properly Dismissed in Light of Consensual Nature of Relationship, Court Holds
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In Rabinowitz v. St. Joseph’s Regional High School, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, Civil Action No. 18-16498 (JXN) (ESK), 2023 WL 3597633 (D.N.J. May 23, 2023), the court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of religion-based hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New…

Read More Student-on-Teacher Anti-Semitic-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Summary Judgment
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In Snowden v. Susan Southerton, County of Sullivan and Sullivan County Adult Care Center, 22-cv-514, 2023 WL 3601654 (S.D.N.Y. May 23, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff plausibly alleged claims of race/color discrimination. From the decision: Moreover, plaintiff alleges other facts that indirectly show discrimination by giving rise to a plausible inference of…

Read More Race Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Include Remarks About Hair
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In a recent decision, Briggs v. SCO Family of Services et al, 2023 WL 3589896, (2d Cir. May 23, 2023), the court, inter alia, affirmed the summary judgment dismissal of plaintiff’s retaliation asserted pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This decision illustrates that a retaliation claim will be undermined where…

Read More Title VII Retaliation Claim Dismissal Affirmed; Adverse Actions Preceded Protected Activity
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In many discrimination cases filed in a federal (U.S. District) court, the plaintiff asserts violations of various laws – including federal law (e.g., Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964), state law (e.g., the New York State Human Rights Law), and city/local law (e.g., the New York City Human Rights law). But federal…

Read More Federal Court Exercises Supplemental Jurisdiction Over NYC Human Rights Law Claim
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