Hostile Work Environment

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In Montgomery v. St. John’s United Church of Christ, 2023 WL 2820472 (Ohio App. 5 Dist., 2023), the court upheld a lower court decision dismissing, pursuant to the “ministerial exception”, plaintiff’s sexual harassment hostile work environment claim. From the decision: The circuits are split on whether the ministerial exception categorically bars courts from considering a…

Read More Sexual Harassment Hostile Work Environment Claim Barred by “Ministerial Exception”
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In Davenport v. Manual Woodworkers and Weavers, Inc., 2023 WL 3063384 (W.D.N.C. April 24, 2023), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. Among other things, plaintiff (who is African American) alleged that he was subjected to a racial epithet; specifically, that a co-worker called out to him,…

Read More Co-Worker’s Racial Epithet Not Imputable to Employer; Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed
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In Milczak v. General Motors, LLC, Case No. 21-CV-11484, 2023 WL 3129473 (E.D.Mich. April 27, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s age-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. From the decision: Even if plaintiff had exhausted his administrative remedies, the conduct he…

Read More “Old Fart” and Other Comments Insufficient to Create Hostile Work Environment: Court
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In Bernardi v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, 2023 WL 3230558 (S.D.N.Y. May 3, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race- and national-origin based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: At his…

Read More Race/National Origin-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Go Back to Italy” Allegation Insufficient
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In Roman v. City of New York, No. 161413/2021, 2023 WL 3225419 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 28, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age and race-based discrimination and hostile work environment claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Plaintiff alleges…

Read More Age- and Race-Based Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged Against NYC Under the NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws
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In Peña et al v. Clark County, Case No. 3:21-cv-05411-DGE, 2023 WL 3160157 (W.D.Wash. April 28, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: The County argues Plaintiffs lack evidence to…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Court Cites “Multiple Racial Insults”
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In Edouard v. John S. Connor, Inc., Civil No. 2:22cv263, 2023 WL 3127622 (E.D.Va. April 27, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a plausible hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Although Plaintiff’s factual allegations are not overly detailed, the Court…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Survives Dismissal; Allegations Included Supervisor’s Comments About Chinese Persons’ Appearance and Eating Habits
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In Freud v. New York City Department of Education et al, 2023 WL 3103588 (2d Cir. April 27, 2023), the court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s religion-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Freud has also failed to state a claim for hostile work environment, which requires him to plausibly allege that “the workplace…

Read More Title VII Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Properly Dismissed, 2d Circuit Holds
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In Rivas v. New York Lottery, 2023 WL 2968185 (N.D.N.Y. April 17, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint alleging a hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court provides the following synopsis of the governing law, and its application to the facts…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed, Notwithstanding Allegations of Screaming, Stalking, Bullying, Etc.
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In Smith v. CHR Medical Corporation et al, No. 3:22-cv-00743, 2023 WL 3065220 (M.D. Tenn. April 24, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims alleged under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (based on gender) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (based on…

Read More Age/Gender-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims “Barely” Survive Dismissal
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