Hostile Work Environment

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In Beatty v. NYC District Council of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1:23-cv-02126 (ALC) (SN), 2025 WL 963307 (S.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Appearance-Related Jokes and Comments
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In Franco v. City of New York et al, 19-CV-5905 (AMD) (CLP), 2025 WL 964014 (E.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s discrimination (sexual harassment) claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). From the decision: The Second Circuit has held that under…

Read More Citing Evidence of Buttocks Grinding & Arm Caressing, Court Denies Motion for Summary Judgment on Sexual Harassment Claim
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In Brazzano v. Thompson Hine LLP et al, 24-CV-01420 (ALC)(KHP), 2025 WL 96311 (S.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA). Specifically, the court held that plaintiff plausibly…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Plausibly Alleged; Motion to Compel Arbitration Denied Under Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021
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In Young v. Bessemer Trust Co., N.A, No. 154722/2020, 2025 WL 928439 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 25, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race/national origin discrimination claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The Court finds that…

Read More Race/National Origin Discrimination Claims Survive Summary Judgment; “Wuhan Restriction Zone” Sign Cited
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In Pierluissi v. City of New York, No. 153439/2023, 2025 WL 928908 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 26, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race & national origin-based hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. In general, plaintiff alleges that defendants…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims, Based on Race & National Origin, Survive Dismissal
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In Ferdous v Hasan, No. 2023-01005, 706543/22, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 01789, 2025 WL 908293 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., Mar. 26, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a cause of action for hostile work environment sexual harassment. From the decision: A hostile work environment on the basis of sex exists ‘when the…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Dismissal, NY Appellate Division Holds
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In Hamilton v. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 2025 WL 863572 (S.D.N.Y. March 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the facts as follows: Plaintiff alleges that he experienced “a pattern of activity aimed at bringing about [his] resignation.” (Am. Compl.…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Allegations Failed to Rise to the Level of “Severe or Pervasive”; Causation Not Shown
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In Matter of Pedro Osorio v. New York State Division of Human Rights and McAlpin Industries, Inc., No. 201, 24-01441, 2025 WL 877798 (N.Y.A.D. 4 Dept., Mar. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that petitioner’s retaliation claim was properly dismissed by the State Division of Human Rights’ determination that petitioner was not subjected to…

Read More Coughing/Sneezing on Supervisor Was Legitimate Reason For Termination; Hostile Work Environment and Retaliation Claims Properly Dismissed
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In Beniquez v. New York Sate Unified Court System and Gerald Filomio, 23cv7735 (DLC), 2025 WL 861299 (S.D.N.Y. March 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied an individual defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claims of gender discrimination (hostile work environment sexual harassment) asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws.…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Under the NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws Survive Against Individual Defendant
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In Shelton v. University Healthcare System, L.C., 2025 WL 816293 (E.D.La. March 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This decision is instructive on Title VII’s “severe or pervasive” standard for assessing such claims. From…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Additional Workload Did Not Amount to “Severe or Pervasive” Harassment
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