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…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Sufficiently AllegedIn Toney v. Clorox Company, No. 24-2567, 2025 WL 1201881 (9th Circuit April 25, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, inter alia, reversed an award of summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s claim of wrongful termination (discrimination) based on gender. From the decision: In this employment discrimination case, we address the…
Read More 9th Circuit, Citing “Internally Inconsistent” Reasons for Termination, Reverses Summary Judgment on Gender Discrimination ClaimIn 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,In Wright v. White Plains Hospital Medical Center, No. 2023-05430, 64135/19, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 02371, 2025 WL 1173144 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., Apr. 23, 2025), the court affirmed the award of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claims of pregnancy discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State Human Rights…
Read More Pregnancy Discrimination Claims Properly Dismissed, 2nd Department HoldsIn Lyu v. Alfa Chemistry Inc. et al, 23-CV-7951 (EK)(ST), 2025 WL 1093134 (E.D.N.Y. April 13, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of sex-based discrimination under the New York State Human Rights Law. The court summarized, and applied, the law as follows: The elements of a disparate treatment claim…
Read More NYSHRL Wrongful (Sex-Based) Discrimination Claim Survives DismissalA recent decision, Perrotte v. Bloomberg L.P. et al, No. 2024-03283, 4061, 451470/20, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 02046, 2025 WL 1033707 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Apr. 08, 2025), the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department illustrates how courts assess discovery disputes in an employment discrimination case. From the decision: Supreme Court providently exercised its…
Read More First Department Assesses Discovery of Internal Complaints, Cell Phone in Sexual Harassment CaseIn Beatty v. NYC District Council of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1:23-cv-02126 (ALC) (SN), 2025 WL 963307 (S.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human…
Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Appearance-Related Jokes and CommentsIn Mikesh v. County of Ulster, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 01987, 2025 WL 993793 (N.Y.A.D. 3 Dept., Apr. 03, 2025), the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department reversed a lower court’s summary judgment dismissal of plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim under the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL). From the decision: There is…
Read More Sexual Harassment Claim Resurrected From Summary Judgment Dismissal, 3d Department RulesIn Franco v. City of New York et al, 19-CV-5905 (AMD) (CLP), 2025 WL 964014 (E.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s discrimination (sexual harassment) claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). From the decision: The Second Circuit has held that under…
Read More Citing Evidence of Buttocks Grinding & Arm Caressing, Court Denies Motion for Summary Judgment on Sexual Harassment ClaimIn Ferdous v Hasan, No. 2023-01005, 706543/22, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 01789, 2025 WL 908293 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., Mar. 26, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a cause of action for hostile work environment sexual harassment. From the decision: A hostile work environment on the basis of sex exists ‘when the…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Dismissal, NY Appellate Division Holds