In Parker Waichman, LLP v. Mauro, No. 1215/12, 2019-13054, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 02014, 2023 WL 2994962 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., Apr. 19, 2023), the court, inter alia, upheld a lower court’s finding in favor of defendant/counterclaim plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law. The court summarized the…
Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Upheld Against Law FirmIn Bernhard v. Google, Inc., No. 155597/2020, 2023 WL 2989640 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 14, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. The court summarized the black-letter law as follows: “Quid pro quo sexual harassment occurs…
Read More Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim Sufficiently Alleged Against GoogleIn Bond v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, No. 160658/13, 2022-00688, 35, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 01939, 2023 WL 2919893 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. Apr. 13, 2023), the court, inter alia, affirmed the lower court’s denial of of defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s hostile work environment/sexual harassment claim under the New York…
Read More Hostile Work Environment/Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Criticism Following Rejection of Sexual AdvancesIn Yeaman v. City of Burley et al, No. 4:21-cv-00345-BLW, 2023 WL 2868575 (D.Idaho April 10, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. The court summarized the basis for its decision as follows: Here, Yeaman easily satisfies the first two elements of her…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Verbal and Physical ConductOn March 3, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, codified at 9 U.S.C. § 402 (EFAA). This law, in sum, invalidates any pre-dispute mandatory arbitration clause as it applies to plaintiffs alleging claims of or related to workplace sexual harassment. In a recent…
Read More Court Considers Temporal Applicability of the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021”In Wong v. Midwest Gaming & Entertainment LLC, 2023 IL App (1st) 220309 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. March 31, 2023), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s “third party” sexual harassment claim arising from alleged harassment by defendant’s patrons. From the decision: The undisputed facts in the record demonstrate that the patrons subjected…
Read More Patron Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary JudgmentIn Atalla v. Rite Aid Corporation, 2023 WL 2521909 (Cal.App. 5 Dist. Feb. 24, 2023), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim. The facts of this case include plaintiff’s supervisor sending her inappropriate text messages. Standing alone, these facts might initially suggest an actionable claim of sexual harassment. However,…
Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Dismissed; Inappropriate Text Messages Were Sent by Supervisor Not Acting in That CapacityIn a recent case, Boucher et al v. Trustees of Canisius College et al, No. 1:22-cv-00381, 2023 WL 2544625 (W.D.N.Y. March 17, 2023), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s “hostile educational environment” sexual harassment claim asserted under Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681. Plaintiffs allege, in sum,…
Read More Sexual Harassment/Hostile Educational Environment Claim Survives Dismissal Against Trustees of Canisius CollegeIn a recent case, Schneider v. Trumbull County Veterans Service Commission, 2023 WL 2500173 (N.D.Ohio March 14, 2023), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim. Here, the parties conceded that plaintiff “established that she experienced unwelcome harassment based on sex and that the harassing conduct was sufficiently severe or…
Read More Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Jury Must Decide Defendant’s Knowledge of Harassment and Adequacy of Response Harassment AllegationsIn Garza v. Antony Blinken, Secretary of United States Department of State, 2023 WL 2239352 (D.D.C. Feb. 27, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Plaintiff’s allegations against Favret do not amount…
Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Staring at Breasts, Among Other Conduct, Deemed Insufficient by Court