Sex / Gender Discrimination

In Goodwin v. UTGR, Inc., 2024 WL 4355044 (D.R.I. Sept. 30, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Here, Mr. Goodwin has presented evidence in which a reasonable jury could conclude…

Read More Sexual Orientation-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Summary Judgment
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In Lanier v. Wise County et al, Civil Action No. 4:23-cv-01241-O, 2024 WL 4536468 (N.D.Tex. Oct. 21, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of same-sex sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: The Fifth Circuit has established a two-step process…

Read More Applying Fifth Circuit Law, Court Dismisses Title VII Same-Sex Sexual Harassment Claim
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In Moreno v. City of Porterville, Case No. 1:23-cv-00541-BAM, 2024 WL 4347302 (E.D.Cal. Sept. 30, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claims. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the facts as follows: Plaintiff next contends that her allegations regarding Sokoloff’s conduct…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims Dismissed; Multiple Invitations Insufficient
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In Clincy v. Packaging Corporation of America, No. 3:23-CV-547-CWR-LGI, 2024 WL 4311511 (S.D.Miss. Sept. 26, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Generally speaking, there are two types of sexual harassment claims…

Read More Court Holds That Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleges Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment
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In Clay v. FGO Logistics, Inc., 2024 WL 4335791 (D.Conn. Sept. 27, 2024), the court, inter alia, provided instructive guidance regarding when a claim “accrues” under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA). In sum, plaintiff’s retaliation claim (but not his hostile work environment and sexual harassment claims) accrued after…

Read More Court Denies Motions to Compel Arbitration Per the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA)
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In Simmons v. The City of New York, No. 157761/2023, 2024 WL 4467701 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Oct. 08, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race and gender discrimination. From the decision: To sufficiently allege a prima facie case of employment discrimination under State HRL and…

Read More Race, Gender Discrimination Sufficiently Alleged Against City of New York
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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 Rivera v. The CSI Companies Inc., Case No: 8:24-cv-01450-WFJ-NHA, 2024 WL 4264839 (M.D.Fla. Sept. 23, 2024), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a hostile work environment sexual harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, plaintiff alleged that she received “unwarranted and unwelcome sexual advances”…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim, Based on Alleged Co-Worker’s Sexual Comments, Survives Dismissal
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In Zeng v. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, 23-CV-10348 (JGLC), 2024 WL 4250387 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 19, 2024), the court, inter alia, upheld a Report & Recommendation (R&R) recommending that defendant’s motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s retaliation claim be denied. In sum, plaintiff Ming Zeng alleges that she was sexually harassed by a coworker while employed…

Read More Retaliation Claim, Arising From Sexual Harassment Complaint, Not Subject to Arbitration
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