ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act)

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In White v. Children’s Network of Southwest Florida LLC, No. 2:24-CV-00697-KCD-NPM, 2026 WL 98768 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 14, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. From the decision: As for the hostile work environment claim, employers can be liable when, despite not taking any tangible adverse action,…

Read More Age-Based Hostile Work Environment (ADEA( Claim Dismissed; “Old” Comments Insufficient to State a Claim
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In Ibrahim v. Marco A. Rubio, No. 1:24-CV-02915 (TNM), 2025 WL 3718637 (D.D.C. Dec. 23, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age discrimination claim asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). From the decision: Ibrahim states a plausible ADEA claim. He is 65 years old. Compl. ¶ 47.…

Read More U.S. Embassy Employee Plausibly Alleges ADEA Age Discrimination Claim, Court Holds
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In Weaver v. Shasta Servs., LLC, No. 2:25-CV-00910-MJH, 2025 WL 2977874 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 22, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). From the decision: Plaintiff brings age discrimination claims against Defendant under the ADEA and PHRA. Defendant argues that…

Read More ADEA Age Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal; EEOC Administrative Remedy Exhausted
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In Scheppelman v. County of Berrien, No. 1:24-CV-1104, 2025 WL 3119191 (W.D. Mich. Nov. 7, 2025), the court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim, due to the absence of vicarious liability. Initially, the court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a hostile work environment: Scheppelman argues that she was constructively discharged…

Read More Age-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Vicarious Liability Not Sufficiently Alleged
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In Coleman v. Telles, No. 2:24-CV-00930-APG-MDC, 2025 WL 2962786 (D. Nev. Oct. 16, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of age discrimination asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). From the decision: The ADEA makes it unlawful to “discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation,…

Read More ADEA Age Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal; Allegations Included “Old Timer” Comment
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In Tillman . Grenadier Realty Corp., GRC Management, 2025 WL 2910611 (2d Cir. 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court’s award of summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s claim of age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). From the decision: On appeal, Tillman argues that…

Read More Age Discrimination Claim Properly Dismissed; Financial Hardship Not Pretext for Termination
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In Caldrone v. Circle K Stores Inc., 2025 WL 2811320 (9th Cir. Oct. 3, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed and remanded the lower court’s award of summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ allegations of age discrimination (failure to promote) under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The court proceeded to…

Read More ADEA Age Discrimination (Failure to Promote) Claims Resurrected From Summary Judgment Dismissal
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In Colin S.K. Correa v. U.S. General Services Administration et al, 2025 WL 2532727 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 2, 2025), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s non-federal law discrimination claims. From the decision: Plaintiff cannot bring state law claims for employment discrimination under the New York City or New York State Human Rights Laws because Title VII…

Read More Court Dismisses Federal Employee’s NYS and NYC Human Rights Law Claims
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In Brunette v. Bausch Health US, LLC, Case # 22-CV-6376-FPG-CDH, 2025 WL 2240477 (W.D.N.Y. Aug. 2025), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claims of age- and disability-based hostile work environment. This decision illustrates the well-established point, integral to employment law, that generally unpleasant conduct – such as being micromanaged, reprimanded, etc.…

Read More Age and Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed
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In Kean v. Brinker International, Inc., 140 F.4th 759 (6th Cir. June 17, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated the lower court’s award of summary judgment to the defendant on plaintiff’s age discrimination claim asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). This decision is a good example of…

Read More ADEA Age Discrimination Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Fact Issues Existed as to Whether “Culture” Rationale Was Pretext for Discrimination
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