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In Ada Damla Demir, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Sandoz Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants., 2017 WL 5328744 (App. Div. 1st Dept. Nov. 14, 2017), the court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged violations of New York’s Whistleblower Law (Labor Law 740) and employment discrimination claim (under the New York State Human Rights Law). Initially, the court held that plaintiff’s Whistleblower…

Read More Whistleblower, Discrimination, and Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Dismissal
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In Chakraborty v. Valentina Soto & The Riverside Church, 16-cv-9128, 2017 WL 5157616 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 6, 2017), the court explained and applied the “election of remedies” doctrines codified in the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. Specifically, it held that that doctrine deprived it of subject matter jurisdiction to hear plaintiff’s NYSHRL and NYCHRL…

Read More Broadly-Construed “Election of Remedies” Doctrine Operates to Deprive Federal Court of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction Over NYS and NYC Human Rights Law Claims
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From Ortiz v. Gazes, LLC, 2017 NY Slip Op 32339(U) (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. 150876/2015 Oct. 30, 2017): Defendants have articulated legitimate reasons for terminating plaintiff by pointing to, among other things, plaintiff’s chronic absences, lateness and her inability to handle some of the work necessary. However, defendants acknowledge that they did not address attendance issues with…

Read More Gender/Pregnancy Discrimination Case Survives Summary Judgment
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In Dwyer v. Timothy O. Horne, as Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration, 12-cv-1176, 2017 WL 5197234 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 9, 2017), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This decision provides an overview of…

Read More Security Guard’s Hostile Work Environment / Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed Against Federal Government; It Was Not Plaintiff’s “Joint Employer”
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In Patel v. City of New York, 2017 WL 4862745 (2d Cir. Oct. 27, 2017) (Summary Order), the court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s failure-to-promote employment discrimination claim. The court summarized the law as follows (paragraphing altered): [C]laims for race and national origin discrimination under Sections 1981 and 1983 are analyzed under the burden-shifting framework…

Read More 2d Circuit: Lack of Qualification Justifies Dismissal of Failure-to-Promote Race/National Origin Discrimination Claims
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In Castillo v. Montefiore Med. Ctr., 2017 NY Slip Op 07769 (App. Div. 1st Dept. Nov. 9, 2017), the First Department affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s pregnancy discrimination claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. Here are the facts, as summarized by the court: On August 6, 2012, defendant hired plaintiff as a…

Read More Pregnancy Discrimination Dismissal Affirmed; Court Cites Negative Performance Feedback and Employer’s Lack of Knowledge of Pregnancy
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In Sims v. Columbia University, NY Sup. Ct. NY Cty. 156566/2013 (Nov. 2, 2017) (J. James), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of age, race, and disability discrimination under the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws. Among its reasons for dismissal were that plaintiff did not…

Read More Alleged Racial Slurs (Including Reference to Bubbles, Michael Jackson’s Chimpanzee) Held Not Actionable
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From JAMES R. FREZZELL, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Heather Romano, John Triller, Justin Heinbuch, Margaret Sheehan-Nolan, Marty Selleck, Robert Young, Sara Harms, Symone Wango, 2017 WL 5054722, at *7 (N.D.N.Y., 2017): Plaintiff’s claim that Harms created a hostile work environment by “giving [him] the evil eye,…

Read More “Evil Eye”, Work Scrutiny Insufficient to Make Out Hostile Work Environment Claim
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In Wood v. New York City Transit Authority, 2017 WL 4871371 (2d Cir. Oct. 30, 2017) (Summary Order), the court affirmed the dismissal of, inter alia, plaintiff’s failure-to-promote claim. Plaintiff, a New York City bus driver, filed this lawsuit after he was not promoted to dispatcher. The court gives us an overview of the applicable…

Read More Failure-to-Promote Claim Properly Dismissed; Proposed Comparators Did Not Engage in Similar Conduct
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