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In Shimeles v. Fairfax County School Board, Civil Action No. 1:24-cv-474 (RDA/IDD), 2025 WL 2375203 (E.D.Va. Aug. 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a racially-hostile work environment, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of  1964. From the decision: Unwelcome conduct rises to the level of being…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Sufficiently Alleged; Court Cites Claimed Threat of Hanging by Noose
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In Choudhury v. Northwell Health, Inc., 23-cv-01406 (NCM) (SIL), 2025 WL 2300220 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 8, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of race, religion, and national origin based hostile work environment asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law. Notably, the court initially granted defendants’ motion…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment Under NYS Human Rights Law (But Not Title VII)
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In Dassie v. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, No. 160227/2023, 2025 WL 2224323 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Aug. 05, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: A hostile work environment violates…

Read More Race, National Origin Discrimination-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed Against WilmerHale
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In Kekovic v. Titan Motor Group LLC et al, 22-CV-2142 (MKB), 2025 WL 2173651 (E.D.N.Y. July 31 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment as to plaintiff’s claims of a race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 1981, and the New…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Use of the “N-Word” at a Work Dinner
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In Watkins v. Mack Trucks, Inc., 2025 WL 2086107 (E.D.Pa. July 24, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of a race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: [T]he remaining record could permit a reasonable jury…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Summary Judgment
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In Pell v. Yonkers City School District, 2025 WL 2084739 (S.D.N.Y. July 24, 2025), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. From the decision: Plaintiff’s Section 1981 is deficient because she does not plausibly allege facts that show her purported mistreatment was because of her race. Although…

Read More Section 1981 Claim Dismissed; Factual Support For Race-Based Discrimination Lacking
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In Tracey Ellis, Jamar Mattox, and Eric King v. Oak Lawn Hyundai, Inc., d/b/a Happy Hyundai and Delila Dedic, 2025 WL 1940375 (N.D.Ill. July 15, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss a plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: In Count II, King brings a claim for hostile work…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Sufficiently Alleged, Even Though Some Conduct Was Not Directed at Plaintiff
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In Spann v. FedEx Freight, Inc., 2025 WL 1938355 (5th Cir. July 15, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, inter alia, affirmed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment on plaintiff’s race- and gender-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: A hostile work environment claim is composed of a series…

Read More Race, Gender Hostile Work Environment Claims Properly Dismissed: Fifth Circuit
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In McCarty v. City of Alexandria, 2025 WL 1899987 (E.D.Va. July 9, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: The essence of Plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim is that she was generally treated less favorably than her white co-workers, could not access…

Read More Conduct, While “Professionally Frustrating”, Did Not Amount to Race-Based Hostile Work Environment
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In Edwards, Robert v. JBS Souderton, Inc., CIVIL ACTION No. 23-1789, 2025 WL 1888204 (E.D.Pa. July 8, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim, based on the alleged use of a racial slur, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981. From the decision: To state a…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Alleged Use of “Moyo” Slur, Survives Motion to Dismiss
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