Sex / Gender Discrimination

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In Rogers v. Voltron Data, Inc., Civil Action No.: 24-84 (RC), 2024 WL 4647644 (D.D.C. Oct. 31, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race and sex discrimination. The court rejected defendants’ allegations that plaintiff’s allegations were “threadbare”, explaining: [Plaintiff’s complaint] contains plenty of “factual matter, accepted as true,…

Read More Race, Sex Discrimination Claims Plausibly Alleged; Allegations Include Less Compensation and Denial of Superior Title
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In Woo v. The City of New York, No. 161109/2022, 2025 WL 65869 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 8, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s quid pro quo and hostile work environment sexual harassment claims. From the decision: The issue in a quid pro quo sexual harassment case brought…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Included That Punitive Assignments Followed Drink Request Refusal
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In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Fred Meyer Stores, Inc., NO. 4:24-CV-5085-TOR, 2024 WL 5077603 (E.D.Wash., 2024), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss or for a more definite statement (pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(e)). From the decision: In the present matter, the Complaint satisfies the requirement of a hostile work environment…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Motion to Dismiss or For More Definite Statement Denied
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In Zuber v. Republic First Bancorp Inc., No. 23-991, 2024 WL 5147018 (E.D.Pa. Dec. 17, 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. As to whether the alleged harassment was sufficiently “severe or pervasive”, the…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Court Cited Alleged Request to Have Sex at Work Despite Prior Rejection
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In Urban v. 35 East 19th Street Medicine, P.C., No. 151191/2024, 2024 WL 5248282 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 20, 2024), a gender/pregnancy discrimination case, the court granted the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration. From the decision: New York public policy favors enforcement of contracts for arbitration (Cooper v Bruckner, 21 A.D.3d 758…

Read More Court Grants Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration of Gender/Pregnancy Discrimination Claims
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In James v. Denis McDonough in his official capacity as Secretary, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Case No. 2:23-cv-02386-SHL-cgc, 2024 WL 5147647 (W.D.Tenn. Dec. 17, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. From the decision: Here, James alleges that Strawder, who is…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Against VA Survives Summary Judgment
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In Piscitelli v. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services, Inc., No. 159272/2020, 2024 WL 5202602 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 17, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied the parties’ motions for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of sex/pregnancy discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: A prima facie…

Read More Sex/Pregnancy Discrimination Claims Against Deloitte Survive Summary Judgment
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In McConaughey v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 21-CV-6137 (RA), 2024 WL 5168018 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 18, 2024), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment and retaliation claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: McConaughey alleges that he…

Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation Claims Survive Summary Judgment Against Port Authority
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In Sanchez v. New York City Housing Authority, 23-CV-8683 (JMF), 2024 WL 5119372 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: Next, Sanchez brings a hostile work environment claim under Title VII. To survive summary judgment on a hostile work…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Employer’s Action Prevented Imputing Alleged Conduct
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In Goldzweig v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., 2024 WL 5056350 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 10, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claim of gender discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City…

Read More Sex Discrimination Claims Dismissed Against Con Edison
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