Employment Law

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In Laboriel v. First Quality Maintenance II, LLC, No. 151184/2026, 2026 WL 3153259 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Oct. 06, 2026), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race discrimination claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws, upon application of the “election of remedies” doctrine. From the decision: The NYSHRL and…

Read More Election of Remedies Doctrine Bars NYS & NYC Human Rights Law Claims
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In Boone v. Kroger Limited Partnership I, No. 1:25-CV-108-SA-DAS, 2026 WL 3155063 (N.D. Miss. Oct. 21, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment seeking dismissal of plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As to the issue of whether the alleged…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Allegations Included Touching, Sexual Comments, and Propositioning for Sex
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In Noriega et al v. Pure’s Food Specialties, LL and Jesus Salazar, No. 25 C 12621, 2026 WL 3181521 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 23, 2026), the court, inter alia, applied the “equal opportunity harasser” doctrine to dismiss plaintiffs’ claim of sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, plaintiffs allege…

Read More Applying the “Equal Opportunity Harasser” Doctrine, Court Dismisses Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim
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In Galbo v. Bay Ridge Preparatory School et al, No. 24-CV-503 (DLI) (JRC), 2026 WL 3136387 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 20, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s religion-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Plaintiff also alleges that, because of…

Read More Court Dismisses Catholic Plaintiff’s Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim
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In D’Aiello v. Freeport High Schools et al, No. 23-CV-00577 (JMA) (SIL), 2026 WL 3136043 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 20, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. Among other comments alleged by plaintiff (who is white) to support her hostile work environment claim was the use…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based in Part on “Karen” Comment, Dismissed
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In Milano v. Missouri Baptist Univ., No. 4:25-CV-1654-ZMB, 2026 WL 2920520 (E.D. Mo. Sept. 29, 2026), the court, inter alia, that the “ministerial exception” did not bar plaintiff’s discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As to this point, the court explained: At least at this stage, the Court cannot…

Read More Basketball Coach’s Title VII Discrimination Claims Not Barred by the “Ministerial Exception”
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In Abramov v. Capula Investment US LP, 2026 WL 3084852 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. Oct. 1, 2026), the court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s whistleblower retaliation claim asserted under New York Labor Law § 740. Defendant moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that “prosecuting the whistleblower claim necessarily will require Abramov…

Read More Lawyer’s New York Labor Law § 740 Whistleblower Claim Survives Dismissal; Access to Confidential Information Did Not Operate as Categorical Bar
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In Randa Jaafar, M.D. v. New York Spine & Sport Rehabilitation Medicine, P.C., No. 24-CV-6588 (MKV), 2026 WL 2935800 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 29, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision:…

Read More Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim, Based on Conduct Including at Halloween Party, Dismissed on Summary Judgment
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In Phillip v. Bloomberg L.P., 2026 WL 3084874 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. Oct. 1, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of race discrimination asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law (but not the New York State Human Rights Law). The court summarized the facts, in…

Read More Discrimination Claim, Based on Wig Comment, Survives Summary Judgment Under New York City, But Not State, Human Rights Law
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In Pinales-Flores v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico et al, No. CV 25-1245 (ADC), 2026 WL 2937346 (D.P.R. Sept. 30, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the black-letter law governing plaintiff’s claim, the court…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal; Allegations Include “Caca” Ridicule
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