Hostile Work Environment

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In Aleasta Callahan v. Xayah Enterprises, LLC, No. 23 CV 3265, 2024 WL 2113092 (N.D.Ill. May 10, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Defendants first argue that plaintiff cannot adequately plead…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Included Forceful Buttocks Grabbing
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In Stribling v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Case No. 22-CV-495, 2024 WL 1991438 (E.D.Wis. May 3, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. Among other things, plaintiff alleged that he was subject to racially derogatory remarks that a reasonable person would find offensive, including…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Against UPS Survives Summary Judgment
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In Aly v. Janet L. Yellen et al, 2024 WL 2053492 (D.Md. May 8, 2024), the court, inter alia, the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Ms. Aly has failed to allege facts sufficient for the court to plausibly infer that the alleged conduct was sufficiently severe…

Read More National Origin Discrimination-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed
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In Adams v. Equinox Holdings, Inc., 2024 WL 1787108 (2d Cir. Apr. 25, 2024) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court’s award of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claims of discrimination asserted under the Age discrimination in Employment Act and the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision:…

Read More 2d Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Equinox on Age Discrimination Claims
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In Dixon v. City of New York, No. 161050/2022, 2024 WL 1995142 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County May 6, 2024), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claims of race discrimination, gender discrimination, hostile work environment, retaliation, and religious discrimination (failure to accommodate). As to plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims, the court explained: Under…

Read More Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleges Sex and Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Against the City of New York, Court Holds
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In Gray v. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, 3:23-CV-01069 (VDO), 2024 WL 1879745 (D.Conn. April 30, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. From the decision: To establish a claim of hostile work environment, the workplace [must be] permeated with discriminatory intimidation, ridicule, and insult that is…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Comments and Incidents Were “Isolated” and “Episodic”
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In Qin v. Vertex, Inc., 2024 WL 1920379 (3d Cir. May 2, 2024), the court affirmed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Qin alleged that he suffered a hostile work environment. He points to…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Properly Dismissed; Three Comments Over Nearly Two Decades Insufficient
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In Painadath v. Melissa Lattanzio, et al, No. 22-3604, 2024 WL 1836500 (E.D.Pa. April 26, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. From the decision: Construed liberally, Painadath pleads a hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. Painadath alleges that Mrs. Susan made a sexual advance…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Question of Severity or Pervasiveness Best Evaluated at Summary Judgment
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In Johnson v. School District of Philadelphia, 2024 WL 1773358 (E.D.Pa. April 24, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. From the decision: For racist comments, slurs, and jokes to…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Comments Invoking “Racial Stereotypes” Did Not Amount to a “Steady Barrage”
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In Mattioda v. Nelson, 2024 WL 1710665 (9th Cir. April 22, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, inter alia, held that plaintiff (a NASA employee) plausibly alleged a disability-based hostile work environment claim in violation of the Retaliation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 791 et seq. In sum, plaintiff –…

Read More 9th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of NASA Scientist’s Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim
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