Hostile Work Environment

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In Bray v. Rhythm Management Group, LLC, 2024 Wl 4278989 (D. Md. Sept. 24, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. From the decision: Defendants assert that Bray’s allegations do not describe conduct sufficiently “severe or pervasive” to alter the conditions of her employment and…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Sufficiently Alleged
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In Benitez v Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, No. 2020-09593, 507954/17, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 04539, 2024 WL 4281076 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., Sep. 25, 2024), the court upheld the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s pregnancy discrimination claim under the New York City Human Rights Law. The court explained, and applied, the law as follows: The New…

Read More Single Comment Insufficient to Establish Pregnancy Discrimination, Court Holds
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In Maria Isabel Alvarado Navarro et al v. Building Service, Inc. et al, 23-CV-7343 (ARR) (MMH), 2024 WL 4225747 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 18, 2024), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s discrimination and hostile work environment claims. After concluding that it was unable to draw an inference of discrimination – as to plaintiff’s claims that defendant Lupe…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on National Origin & Immigration Status, Dismissed
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In Riley v. Borough of Eddystone et al, No. 24-1835, 2024 WL 4137310 (E.D.Pa. Sept. 10, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: For a hostile-work-environment claim under Title VII, a plaintiff…

Read More Title VII Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Alleged “N” Word Comments Insufficient
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In Sargent v. Amazon.com, Inc., Civil Action No. 23-1330-RGA, 2024 WL 3936490 (D.Del. Aug. 26, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Plaintiff alleges he was subjected to a hostile work environment…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Arising From Alleged Racist Graffiti, Survives Dismissal
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In a recent decision, Fay v. City of Newburgh et al, No. 21 Civ. 3140 (NSR), 2024 WL 4169552 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 12, 2024), the court discussed and applied the “Faragher/Ellerth” affirmative defense, resulting in the granting of defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights…

Read More Applying “Faragher/Ellerth” Affirmative Defense, Court Dismisses Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims
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In Schneidermesser v. NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 21 Civ. 7179 (DEH), 2024 WL 4135701 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 10, 2024), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s age-based hostile work environment claims asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and New York State Human Rights Law. After summarizing the black-letter law,…

Read More Age-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Reference to Plaintiff as “Grandma” and “Old Lady”
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In LaPuebla v. Mayorkas, 2024 WL 3874230 (9th Circuit August 20, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a lower court decision dismissing a hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, the plaintiff (a Customs and Border Protection officer in Guam)…

Read More 9th Circuit Addresses Relationship Between “Severity” and “Pervasiveness” for Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claims
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In Hussain v. The City of New York, No. 159834/2022, 2024 WL 4100982 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Sep. 06, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Defendants move to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work…

Read More Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims, Asserted Under the NYC Human Rights Law, Survive Dismissal
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In Longchamp v. Equinox Holdings Co., Inc., No. 153431/2021, 2024 WL 4041714 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Sep. 04, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of gender and sexual orientation-based hostile work environment under the New York City Human Rights Law. This case is a good…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Under NYC Human Rights Law Survives Summary Judgment
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