Employment Law

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From JAMES R. FREZZELL, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Heather Romano, John Triller, Justin Heinbuch, Margaret Sheehan-Nolan, Marty Selleck, Robert Young, Sara Harms, Symone Wango, 2017 WL 5054722, at *7 (N.D.N.Y., 2017): Plaintiff’s claim that Harms created a hostile work environment by “giving [him] the evil eye,…

Read More “Evil Eye”, Work Scrutiny Insufficient to Make Out Hostile Work Environment Claim
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In Wood v. New York City Transit Authority, 2017 WL 4871371 (2d Cir. Oct. 30, 2017) (Summary Order), the court affirmed the dismissal of, inter alia, plaintiff’s failure-to-promote claim. Plaintiff, a New York City bus driver, filed this lawsuit after he was not promoted to dispatcher. The court gives us an overview of the applicable…

Read More Failure-to-Promote Claim Properly Dismissed; Proposed Comparators Did Not Engage in Similar Conduct
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In Pfizenmayer v. Hicksville Public Schools et al, 2017 WL 4994482, 17-0568-cv (2d Cir. Nov. 2, 2017) (Summary Order), the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal – for failure to state a claim under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) – of plaintiff’s employment discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment…

Read More Age Discrimination Claims Properly Dismissed, Notwithstanding “Troubling” Conduct
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In Santana et al v. G.E.M. Medical Management (NY Sup. Ct. Bx. Cty 0305261/2008 Oct. 20, 2017), the court (inter alia) denied defendant’s motion, under CPLR 4404(a), to set aside a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs on their claims of gender/pregnancy discrimination. The court noted that “[t]he jury’s determination is supported by evidence presented…

Read More Court Upholds Plaintiff Jury Verdict in Gender/Pregnancy Discrimination Case
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In Mira v. Kingston et al, 2017 WL 4877290 (2d Cir. 16-4080-cv Oct. 30. 2017) (Summary Order), the Second Circuit held that while the district court should have addressed plaintiff’s requests to amend her complaint, the allegations in that complaint would have been dismissed in any event. Specifically, plaintiff wanted to present claims under 42 U.S.C.…

Read More Hostile Work Environment / Constructive Discharge Claim, Based on “Drug” Remark, Properly Dismissed
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From Linda Murphy, appellant, v. Department of Education of the City of New York, et al., respondents., 2017 NY Slip Op 07609, 2017 WL 4930955 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. Nov. 1, 2017): Here, the general allegation in the amended complaint that the plaintiff and two other “older” teachers had been “continuously harassed” by the principal and the…

Read More Age Discrimination Claims Dismissed; Incidents Were “Isolated” and “Episodic”
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In Sandia v. Wal-Mart Stores, East LP, 2017 WL 4862427 (2d Cir. Oct. 27, 2017) (Summary Order), the court affirmed the district court’s award of summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s claims of racial and national origin discrimination, retaliation, and a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…

Read More Defamation Claim Fails; Statements to Prospective Employer Were Subject to Qualified Privilege
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In Graham v .New York State Off. of Mental Health, 2017 NY Slip Op 07501 (App. Div. 3d Dept. Oct. 26, 2017), the court (inter alia) affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s claim, asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law, that he was retaliated against for requesting a reasonable accommodation for his disability. From the…

Read More Retaliation Claim Properly Dismissed; Termination Was Due to Falsification of Job Application, Not Disability Accommodation Request
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From McGuirk v. Swiss Re Financial Services Corp., 2017 WL 4857450 (2d Cir. Oct. 26, 2017) (Summary Order): We agree with McGuirk that she properly pled a hostile work environment claim, but affirm the district court’s dismissal because she failed to properly exhaust that claim before the New York State Division of Human Rights. See Leon…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Properly Dismissed; While Properly Pled, Not Administratively Exhausted
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In George v. Professional Disposables Int’l, Inc., 2017 WL 4574806 (S.D.N.Y., 2017), an employment discrimination case, the court denied defendant’s motion for reconsideration of the court’s denial of defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff alleged that he was subjected to discrimination and a hostile work environment based on his race, color, and national origin in violation…

Read More Employment Discrimination Claims Continue; Court Denies Reconsideration of Summary Judgment Denial
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