Hostile Work Environment

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In Qamar v. Board of Trustees of Governors State University, 2025 WL 1309843 (N.D.Ill. May 6, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s national origin-based hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: As previewed, to bring this cause of action, the…

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In Paul v. City of Fort Worth, Civil Action No. 4:24-cv-00913-O, 2025 WL 1287920 (N.D.Tex. May 2, 2025), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Texas law.[1]Note: I am not admitted to practice law in Texas. The court summarized the black-letter law – noting that the…

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In Smith v. National Grid USA, 2:21-cv-6899 (NJC) (LGD), 2025 WL 1248676 (E.D.N.Y. April 30, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: [T]here are numerous genuine disputes of material fact concerning Smith’s hostile work environment claims—under both the higher federal standard…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Allegations Include “Shine Box” and “Monkey” Comments
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In McCardle v. District of Columbia, Case No. 19-cv-3637 (JMC), 2025 WL 1167956 (D.D.C., 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of age-based hostile work environment asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). From the decision: The District argues that McArdle cannot establish a hostile work…

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In Smart, Kathyann v. USA Labor for Hire, Inc., RC Global Energy Group, Inc., Oleg Tsimbler, No. 24-1791, 2025 WL 1217365 (2d Cir. April 28, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, affirmed the lower court’s denial of defendant’s motion for new trial or remittitur on plaintiff’s claims of hostile…

Read More 2nd Circuit Holds That Jury Properly Found Hostile Work Environment, Based on Racially Derogatory and Sexist Language,
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In Yuliano v. Cent. Park West Orthodontics P.C., No. 161370/2019, 2025 WL 1168160 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 22, 2025), the court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: The City HRL must be “construed liberally…

Read More Citing Alleged Instruction to “Sexualize” Plaintiff’s Appearance, Court Allows Hostile Work Environment Claim to Proceed
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In Noh v. Admarketplace, Inc., 24 Civ. 2107 (ER), 2025 WL 965882 (S.D.N.Y. March 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex- and race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the New York State and City…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Race and Sex, Survive Dismissal
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In Huber v. TIAA, 2025 WL 1139131 (W.D.Va. April 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, plaintiff alleged that defendant engaged in religious discrimination by failing to accommodate her request for a…

Read More Title VII Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed
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In Fisher v. N-Stock Box, Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-15, 2025 WL 1141842 (S.D.Ohio April 16, 2025), an employment discrimination case, the court granted defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings as to plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims, on the ground that plaintiff did not exhaust his administrative remedies at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…

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