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In Smart, Kathyann v. USA Labor for Hire, Inc., RC Global Energy Group, Inc., Oleg Tsimbler, No. 24-1791, 2025 WL 1217365 (2d Cir. April 28, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, affirmed the lower court’s denial of defendant’s motion for new trial or remittitur on plaintiff’s claims of hostile…

Read More 2nd Circuit Holds That Jury Properly Found Hostile Work Environment, Based on Racially Derogatory and Sexist Language,
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In Huaman v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 160784/2023, 2025 WL 1158984 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint asserting employment discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7)…

Read More Motion to Dismiss NYSHRL & NYCHRL Discrimination Claims Denied; “Impact” Test Satisfied
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In Wright v. White Plains Hospital Medical Center, No. 2023-05430, 64135/19, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 02371, 2025 WL 1173144 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., Apr. 23, 2025), the court affirmed the award of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claims of pregnancy discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State Human Rights…

Read More Pregnancy Discrimination Claims Properly Dismissed, 2nd Department Holds
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In Cohen v. Arnot Health, Inc. et al, 2025 WL 1197854 (2d Cir. April 25, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court’s award of summary judgment on plaintiff’s age discrimination claim asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the New York State Human Rights Law…

Read More Age Discrimination Claims Properly Dismissed, Absent Adverse Employment Action
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In Browne v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, 2025 WL 1177958 (2d Cir. April 23, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s award of summary judgment to the defendant on plaintiff’s claim of a race-based hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Properly Dismissed; Allegedly “Racially Offensive” Poems Insufficient
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In Yuliano v. Cent. Park West Orthodontics P.C., No. 161370/2019, 2025 WL 1168160 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 22, 2025), the court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: The City HRL must be “construed liberally…

Read More Citing Alleged Instruction to “Sexualize” Plaintiff’s Appearance, Court Allows Hostile Work Environment Claim to Proceed
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In Noh v. Admarketplace, Inc., 24 Civ. 2107 (ER), 2025 WL 965882 (S.D.N.Y. March 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex- and race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the New York State and City…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Race and Sex, Survive Dismissal
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In Huber v. TIAA, 2025 WL 1139131 (W.D.Va. April 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, plaintiff alleged that defendant engaged in religious discrimination by failing to accommodate her request for a…

Read More Title VII Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed
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In Fisher v. N-Stock Box, Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-15, 2025 WL 1141842 (S.D.Ohio April 16, 2025), an employment discrimination case, the court granted defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings as to plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims, on the ground that plaintiff did not exhaust his administrative remedies at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed Due to Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
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In Leone v. Brown Forman Corp., No. 151627/2019, 2025 WL 1146136 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to set aside a jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor on their retaliation claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: The branch of…

Read More Jury’s Verdict for Plaintiff on NYC Human Rights Law Retaliation Claim Upheld
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