Employment Discrimination

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In Francesco Roberto Sebastiani v. Brooklyn Hospital Center et al, No. 19-CV-253 (EK)(ST), 2026 WL 820695 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 25, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim. In sum, plaintiff alleges that his ex-girlfriend sexually harassed him both during and outside of working hours. In…

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In Jane v. Seema Bhansali et al, No. 24-CV-08853 (OEM) (PK), 2026 WL 636672 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 6, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s retaliation claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Title VII provides that “[i]t shall be an unlawful employment practice…

Read More Title VII Retaliation Claim Survives Dismissal; Termination Followed Complaint to Employer About Anti-Transgender Comment
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In Henriquez v. City of New York, No. 160044/23, 2026 WL 739752 (N.Y. App. Div. Mar. 17, 2026), the court reversed a lower court decision, and held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claims of disability discrimination and hostile work environment. From the decision: In considering a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of…

Read More NYPD Sergeant’s Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Alleged
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In Shaw v. Salesforce, Inc., No. 25-CV-01372-PAB-STV, 2026 WL 787990 (D. Colo. Mar. 20, 2026), the court, inter alia, rejected plaintiff’s contention that she was not required to arbitrate her hostile work environment claim, under the Ending Forced Arbitration Agreements Act (“EFAA”). After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the facts as…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Must Be Arbitrated; EFAA Did Not Apply
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In Ways v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, No. TJS-25-69, 2026 WL 776070 (D. Md. Mar. 19, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion  for summary judgment dismissing her sex-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Plaintiff’s prima facie case of hostile work environment fails, and Defendant is entitled to summary judgment on…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Alleged Comments Were Gender Neutral
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In Daniels v. LAZ Parking, No. 25-50894, 2026 WL 781322 (5th Cir. Mar. 19, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the dismissal of plaintiff’s hostile work environment and retaliation claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Daniels’s original complaint consisted of a…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation Claims Sufficiently Alleged, Fifth Circuit Holds
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In Hines v. Leafguard Holdings Inc., No. 25-CV-00306-LKG, 2026 WL 776078 (D. Md. Mar. 19, 2026), the court, inter alia, the court declined to dismiss plaintiff’s race- and sex-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After dismissing plaintiff’s Pregnancy Discrimination Act discrimination claim, the court proceeded…

Read More Title VII Race and Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Dismissal
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In Warden v. Richard Fordyce et al, No. 6:25-CV-01467-MC, 2026 WL 735346 (D. Or. Mar. 16, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. From the decision: The sum of Plaintiff’s factual allegations is insufficient to state a claim based on a hostile work environment. First, Plaintiff attempts…

Read More Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Alleged “Unpleasant” “Mistreatment” Insufficient
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In Vuong v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs, No. 25-20199, 2026 WL 737338 (5th Cir. Mar. 16, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a lower district court’s ruling dismissing plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim, finding no basis for the “pleading deficiency” cited by the lower court. From the decision:…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissal Due to “Pleading Insufficiency” Reversed
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In Depamphilis v. Town of Newington et al, No. 3:25-CV-00524 (SVN), 2026 WL 674501 (D. Conn. Mar. 10, 2026), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged that she suffered a hostile work environment based on her sex. The court summarized the legal requirements for this claim as follows: Title VII of the Civil…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal, Court Holds
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