Employment Law

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In White v. Roosevelt Union Free School District Board of Education, 15-CV-1035(JS)(JMW), 2025 WL 552744 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 19, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the (Caucasian) plaintiff’s claim of race-based hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the black-letter law,…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Whitey”, “Asshole”, etc Comments Insufficient
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In a recent case, Glapion v. Saks Fifth Avenue, LLC, No. 24-2232, 2025 WL 506649 (E.D.La. Feb. 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To state a claim for hostile work…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based in Part on Alleged Harassment by Customer, Survives Dismissal
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In Martino v. Chenel Capital, LLC et al, No. 2023–04316, 3710, 2025 WL 516143 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Feb. 18, 2025), the Appellate Division, First Department unanimously reversed a lower court’s decision that the plaintiff failed to establish defendants’ liability for hostile work environment, sex discrimination, and retaliation under the New York State and City Human…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Presented at Inquest; Contrary Decision Reversed
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In Modny et al v. Foley Hoag LLP et al, 24-CV-5586 (JMF), 2025 WL 487308 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 12, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s national origin discrimination claims. From the decision: [T]he Court rejects the Moving Defendants’ challenge to Modny’s national origin disparate treatment claim under Title VII, the NYCHRL,…

Read More National Origin, and Other, Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal
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In Scribner v. State of New York Office of Court Administration, 6:24-cv-00252 (AMN/TWD), 2025 WL 487428 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings on plaintiff’s hostile cork environment/constructive discharge claim. From the decision: As to Plaintiff’s second claim, Defendants primarily argue that Plaintiff has failed to…

Read More Hostile Work Environment / Constructive Discharge Claim Dismissed
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In Denson v. Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., No. 101616/2017, 2025 WL 503245 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Plaintiff’s hostile work environment…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed Against Trump Campaign
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In Ross v. Onegevity, Thorne Health Tech Inc., No. 655082/2023, 2025 WL 487499 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 13, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for age discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s New York State Human Rights…

Read More Age Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged Against Onegevity, Court Holds
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In Texiera v. Services for the Underserved, Inc., No. 152677/2020, 2025 WL 355451 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 23, 2025), an employment discrimination action, the court granted plaintiff’s motion to hold a subpoenaed witness in contempt for failing to appear for their deposition. From the decision: In this employment discrimination action, plaintiff moves…

Read More Court Grants Employment Discrimination Plaintiff’s Motion for Contempt Against Non-Party Witness For Failure to Appear for Deposition
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In Greenberg v Seton Education Partners, No. 600733/2024, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 25026, 2025 WL 396770 (Sup Ct, Jan. 30, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claim(s) of failure to accommodate religion. From the decision: In this case, the Court finds that the Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, as amplified in her proposed…

Read More Failure to Accommodate Religion Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Termination Shortly Followed Absence For Simchas Torah
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In Kulick v. Gordon Property Group, LLC et al, 23 Civ. 9928 (KPF), 2025 WL 448333 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 7, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged sex-based discrimination claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The Court has analyzed Plaintiff’s NYSHRL and NYCHRL discrimination…

Read More Sex Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include Gender Stereotypical Nicknames and Insults of Weight and Appearance
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