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January 3, 2025 by mjpospis

Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Termination Was Not Sufficiently “Severe”

In Smith v. Louis DeJoy, 2024 WL 5145956 (N.D.Ala. Dec. 17, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Plaintiff’s termination was a single discrete event. So, in the absence of pervasiveness, the only way for her hostile work environment claim to survive…

First Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment for Defendant on Title VII Sex & Sexual Orientation Discrimination Claims; Fact issues Existed as to Whether Reorganization Was Pretextual

In Ripoli v. Department of Human Services, Office of Veterans Services, No. 23-1970, 2024 WL 5116941 (1st Cir. Dec. 16, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, inter alia, vacated the lower court’s order granting summary judgment to the defendant on plaintiff’s disparate treatment discrimination claims. From the decision: Our inquiry begins…

Court Grants Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration of Gender/Pregnancy Discrimination Claims

In Urban v. 35 East 19th Street Medicine, P.C., No. 151191/2024, 2024 WL 5248282 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 20, 2024), a gender/pregnancy discrimination case, the court granted the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration. From the decision: New York public policy favors enforcement of contracts for arbitration (Cooper v Bruckner, 21 A.D.3d 758…