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 JudgmentIn 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 LackingIn 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 PlaintiffIn 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 CircuitIn 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 EnvironmentIn 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 DismissIn Brantley v. American Airlines, Inc., 2025 WL 1837472 (D.Nev. July 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race, color, or gender discrimination claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Brantley’s complaint also contains a Title VII discrimination claim on the theory…
Read More Race, Color, Gender Discrimination Claims Dismissed Against American Airlines; Plaintiff Granted Leave to Amend ComplaintIn Vargas v. City of New York, No. 151379/2024, 2025 WL 1797597 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County June 30, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race- and gender-based discrimination and hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the…
Read More Race, Sex Discrimination & Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Alleged Against City of New YorkIn Esqueda, M.D., Jonathan v. NYU Langone Hospitals, 2025 WL 1785870 (SDNY June 27, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race- and national origin-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. After summarizing the black-letter law applicable…
Read More Race, National Origin-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Alleged Mocking of Accent InsufficientIn Ruiz v. Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Anthony Botting, 2025 WL 1642406 (S.D.N.Y. June 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: I turn next to Plaintiff’s claim under the NYCHRL that…
Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Asserted Under the NYC Human Rights Law, Survives Dismissal