Sexual Harassment

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In Stoica v. Phipps, 2018 WL 1226045 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. Index No. 153834/2017, March 8, 2018) (J. Lebovits), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws.[1]It also held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged various other claims, including…

Read More Nanny Sufficiently Alleges Hostile Work Environment / Sexual Harassment; Claims Were Not “Too Outrageous and Incredible to be Believed”
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In Graham v. Goodwill Industries, Inc., 16-cv-6468, 2018 WL 1318988 (EDNY March 14, 2018), the court held, inter alia, that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiff’s sexual harassment claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws.[1]The court also, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims under Title VII of…

Read More Federal Court Lacked Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Sexual Harassment Claims Adjudicated at State Agency
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In Montanez v. McDean LLC, No. 16-cv-447, 2018 WL 1183688 (N.D.N.Y. March 6, 2018), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment as to plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim, asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After explaining the legal standard for making out a hostile work environment claim,…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; “Quickly Rebuffed” “Suggestive Remarks” Insufficient
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In a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court – captioned Stormy Daniels v. Donald J. Trump a.k.a. David Dennison et al – plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that the nondisclosure agreement purporting to silence Ms. Daniels is “void, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable” because, inter alia, Donald “The Art of the Deal” Trump never…

Read More Pornstar v. President: Stormy Daniels Sues Donald Trump, Seeking to Void NDA
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In Perry v. Captain Robert Slensby, 16-cv-8947, 2018 WL 1136922 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2018), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. The facts, in (very brief) part: Plaintiff reports that on one occasion during their night shift Defendant said…

Read More Male-on-Male Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Dismissal; Court Cites Vulgar Comment and Physical Touching
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In Vasquez v. Manhattan Physician Group, 2018 WL 587135, 2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 30157(U) (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Jan. 29, 2018), the court denied the motion for summary judgment filed by defendant, a medical office, on plaintiff’s claim of sexual harassment under the New York City Human Rights Law. In sum, this cases arose from the…

Read More Public Accommodation Sexual Harassment is Actionable Under the NYC Human Rights Law, Court Holds
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In a recent lawsuit, captioned Federal Insurance Company et al v. Harvey Weinstein, NY Sup. Ct. Index No. 650952/2018 (Feb. 28, 2018), various insurance companies seek a Declaratory Judgment “that certain insurance policies it issued to Named Insured Harvey Weinstein do not provide coverage for defense or indemnity for … eleven sexual assault and sexual…

Read More Lawsuit Seeks to Avoid Insuring Harvey Weinstein re: Sexual Harassment Lawsuits
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In Perez v. United Pharm USA Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 30273(U) (Sup. Ct. Suffolk Cty. Dkt. No. 12-30974 Jan. 19, 2018), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claims. The court summarized plaintiff’s evidence as follows: Plaintiff testified that during her period of employment she was constantly subjected…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Against United Pharm USA et al Survive Summary Judgment
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