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In De Longchamp v. Equinox Holdings Co., Inc., No. 153431/2021 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Sep. 04, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of retaliation against defendant Equinox under the New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: Plaintiff has, however, met his de minimis…

Read More Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment Against Equinox
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In Longchamp v. Equinox Holdings Co., Inc., No. 153431/2021, 2024 WL 4041714 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Sep. 04, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of gender and sexual orientation-based hostile work environment under the New York City Human Rights Law. This case is a good…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Under NYC Human Rights Law Survives Summary Judgment
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In Navarro v. Town of Stratford, No. 3:22-cv-01254 (VAB), 2024 WL 4008229 (D.Conn. August 30, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the facts. In…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Survives Summary Judgment, Evidence Included Co-Workers’ Slurs
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In Drake v. City of Amsterdam Police Department et al, 2024 WL 3969002 (N.D.N.Y. August 28, 2024), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s claims of race-based hostile work environment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. After summarizing the “black letter law” applicable to these claims,…

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In Rivas v. Intern. Academy of Hope, No. 156236/2021, 2024 WL 4003749 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Aug. 30, 2024), the court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged disability-based hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The second and fourth causes of action allege that…

Read More Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Alleged Under the NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws
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In Rivas v. Intern. Academy of Hope, No. 156236/2021, 2024 WL 4003749 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Aug. 30, 2024), the court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged disability discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the facts as follows: [P]laintiff…

Read More Anxiety-Diagnosed Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleges Disability Discrimination Under the NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws, Court Holds
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In Anderson v. TikTok, Inc., 2024 WL 3948248 (3d Cir. August 27, 2024), the court reversed and vacated a lower court’s decision dismissing which dismissed plaintiff’s complaint against TikTok and ByteDance, Inc. on the ground that the defendants were immunized by the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”), 47 U.S.C. § 230. The court summarized the facts…

Read More 3d Circuit Permits Lawsuit Against TikTok to Proceed; Section 230 Ruled Inapplicable
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In Schlosser v. VRHabilis, LLC, No. 23-6019, 2024 WL 3934559 (6th Cir. August 26, 2024), the court upheld a jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor on their hostile work environment sexual harassment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Based on the evidence presented at trial, the jury could…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Jury Verdict Upheld: 6th Circuit
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In Dillingham v. Otterbein Middletown, LLC, Case No. 1:23-cv-00820, 2024 WL 3470646 (S.D.Ohio July 19, 2024), the court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress. From the decision: In the case at bar, defendants contend that plaintiff’s allegations do not rise to the outrageous or extreme conduct required to…

Read More Nursing Assistant’s Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Claim, Arising From Alleged Sexual Harassment by Patient, Survives Dismissal
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In Wright v. City of New York et al, 23 Civ. 3149 (KPF), 2024 WL 3952722 (S.D.N.Y. August 27, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s retaliation claims asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. In…

Read More Retaliation Claims, Arising From Conduct Following Return to In-Person Work, Sufficiently Alleged
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