Sexual Harassment

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In EEOC v. SDI of Mineola, LLC d/b/a Sonic Drive In, No. 6:21-CV-00226-JCB-KNM, 2022 WL 4127167 (E.D.Tex. Aug. 17, 2022), the court, inter alia, recommended the denial of defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court explained:…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Against Texas Sonic Drive In Should Proceed, Holds Federal Magistrate Judge
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In Ball v. Marriott International, Inc., No. 19-cv-10593 (LJL), 2022 WL 4133207 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 12, 2022), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This decision is instructive as to how courts address the scenario…

Read More Waitress’s Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim, Based on Alleged Conduct by Hotel Guest, Not Imputed to Marriott
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In Pimental v. Atrium Hospitality LP, No. 3:19-CV-1284 (OAW), 2022 WL 4104012 (D.Conn. Sept. 7, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. From the decision: Atrium has moved for summary judgment on the grounds that Chef Pimentel’s hostile work environment claim is neither…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claim, Based on Inappropriate Touching, Survives Summary Judgment
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In Meints v. City of Wymore, Nebraska, 2022 WL 3088556 (D.Neb. Aug. 3, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. The court explained the law, and its application, as follows: The plaintiffs have also alleged that the individual defendants’ conduct created a hostile work environment.…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Allegations Include Request for Oral Sex and Graphic/Vulgar References to Female Anatomy
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In Buck v. Thycotic Software, LLC, No. 2:20-cv-01721-BJR, 2022 WL 3975140 (W.D.Wash. Sept. 1, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s retaliation claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, the male plaintiff (Buck) asserts that he was subject to retaliatory termination following…

Read More Retaliation Claim, Based on Supporting Co-Worker’s Complaint of Sexual Harassment, Survives Summary Judgment
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In Walters v. Starbucks Corp. et al, 2022 WL 3684901 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 25, 2022), the court held that the plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim was subject to mandatory arbitration. The court explained: Walters argues that federal law prohibits, rather than requires, the enforcement of the Arbitration Agreement. Under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Against Starbucks Must Be Arbitrated, Court Holds
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In Alkins v. Sheriff of Gwinnett County, No. 21-13746, 2022 WL 3582128 (11th Cir. Aug. 22, 2022), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a lower court’s order granting summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s claim of retaliation asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Here, the plaintiff,…

Read More Report of Unwanted Kiss Was “Protected Activity,” Warranting Reversal of Summary Judgment on Retaliation Claim
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In Miro v. City of Bridgeport, No. 3:20CV00346(SALM), 2022 WL 3284400 (D.Conn. Aug. 11, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of sexual harassment – alleged under the rubric of “hostile work environment” and “quid pro quo” theories – in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…

Read More Hostile Work Environment and Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claims Survive Dismissal
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In Steinberg v. Capgemini America, Inc., 2022 WL 3371323 (E.D.Pa. Aug. 16, 2022), the court granted defendant’s motion to compel arbitration and dismiss plaintiff’s complaint alleging sexual harassment, in light of an arbitration agreement between the parties. The crux of the parties’ dispute was the applicability of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Against Capgemini Must Be Resolved in Arbitration; Arbitration-Limiting Statute Inapplicable
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In Strobel v. Westfield State University, No. 3:21-cv-30074-KAR, 2022 WL 3214965 (D.Mass. August 9, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, plaintiff, who was employed by defendant as a maintainer, alleged that…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claim, Including Alleged Buttocks-Grabbing, Sufficiently Alleged
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