Sexual Harassment

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In Jemmott v. Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. of the State of New York, No. 160867/2016, 2023 WL 3386763 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County May 11, 2023), the court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of sexual harassment, retaliation, and constructive discharge. From the decision: The court finds defendant has fallen far…

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In Toledo v. Brend Restoration, LLC et al, No. 21 Civ. 882 (GBD) (SN), 2023 WL 3381249 (S.D.N.Y. May 11, 2023), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This result turns on the application of the “joint employer”…

Read More Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed Against Entity Held Not to be “Joint Employer”
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In Harvison v. G.A. West & Co., Inc., 2023 WL 2998482, at *5 (S.D.Miss. April 18, 2023), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, inter alia, granted one plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint to assert a “quid pro quo” sexual harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…

Read More Title VII “Quid Pro Quo” Sexual Harassment Claim, With Amendment, Plausibly Alleged
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In Colavecchia v. South Side Area School District, 2023 WL 3043777 (W.D.Pa. April 21, 2023), 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. From the decision: Under the first prong, a court may conclude that sexual…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Dismissal; Allegations Included Repeated Sexual Comments
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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 Firm
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In 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 Google
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In 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 Advances
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In 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 Conduct
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On 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”
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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 Judgment
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