Hostile Work Environment

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In Riggins v. Town of Berlin, 2024 WL 2972896 (2d Cir. June 13, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the lower court’s summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint alleging a hostile work environment sexual harassment. In this case, in sum, plaintiff alleges, among other things, that her employer (the Town of…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Resurrected From Summary Judgment as to Insufficiency of Employer’s Response to Alleged Harassment
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In Barcellos v. The City of New York, No. 157998/2018, 2024 WL 2941863 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County June 4, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgement on plaintiff’s claims of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. As to the…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Allegations Include Supervisor’s Sex-Based Comments, Remarks, and/or Gestures
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In Brown v. Valvoline, LLC et al, 2024 WL 2946099 (S.D.Tex. June 11, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of race-based hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and § 1981. From the decision: The facts presented to the Court…

Read More N-Word, “Knuckle Heads” Comments Did Not Give Rise to Actionable Hostile Work Environment, Court Holds
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In Thompson v. The City of New York, No. 525109/2022, 2024 WL 2941866 (N.Y. Sup Ct, Kings County June 11, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim under the New York City Human Rights Law. While the court held that plaintiff did not sufficiently allege a hostile…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Sufficiently Alleged Under NYC Human Rights Law
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In Williams v. Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporation et al, 22-cv-8715 (AS), 2024 WL 2882122 (S.D.N.Y. June 6, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims, Based on Alleged Use of “Terms of Endearment”, Survive Dismissal
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In Percy v. Basil Townsend, No. 16-cv-5304, 2024 WL 2846688 (S.D.N.Y. May 30, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied plaintiff’s motion for prejudgment interest on plaintiff’s compensatory damages award ($125,000) following the jury’s verdict for plaintiff on her hostile work environment claim under the New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: As an…

Read More Court Rejects Claim for Prejudgment Interest on Compensatory Damages Award on Hostile Work Environment Claim
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In Alegre v. The City of New York, No. 157532/2022, 2024 WL 2747895 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County May 28, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race discrimination claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Plaintiff’s complaint and amended complaint interpose…

Read More Asian NYPD Officer Sufficiently Alleges Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment Claims
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In Palmer v. Starbucks Corporation et al, 23 Civ. 6951 (JPC), 2024 WL 2779032 (S.D.N.Y. May 28, 2024), the court granted defendants’ motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s discrimination and hostile work environment claims and stayed the action pending arbitration. From the decision: Palmer has failed to show a genuine issue of material fact to…

Read More Court Grants Starbucks’ Motion to Compel Arbitration of Employment Discrimination Claims
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In Cavanagh v. Idexx Laboratories, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00273-NT, 2024 WL 2724195 (D.Me. May 28, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex and retaliation-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: Nelson’s campaign succeeded in souring other IDEXX employees’ opinions of Cavanagh. Due to this souring, IDEXX made Cavanagh jump through…

Read More Sex and Retaliation-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Dismissal
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In Azanedo v. Alaris Health at Castle Hill, 2024 WL 1727654 (N.J.Super.A.D., 2024), the court, inter alia, affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: After examining the record on appeal, and considering the proofs as a whole, whether plaintiff was called a “bitch” on a “daily” basis or whether…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Properly Dismissed; Court Cites Plaintiff’s Use of the Word “Bitch”
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