In Spivey v. Mohawk ESV, Inc., 2023 WL 3918674 (4th Cir. June 9, 2023), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the summary judgment dismissal of plaintiff’s claim of age discrimination asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). After summarizing the “black letter” law, the court applied it to the…
Read More Age Discrimination Dismissal Affirmed by the Fourth CircuitIn Yu et al v. Shanghai Dumpling, Inc. et al, 2023 WL 3728347 (S.D.N.Y. May 30, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted plaintiff’s motion for default judgment on plaintiff’s claim of age discrimination asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. From the decision: Plaintiff’s first cause of action asserts a claim for employment discrimination…
Read More Age Discrimination (Termination) Claim Sufficiently Alleged Against Shanghai Dumpling; Default Judgment AwardedIn Kocher v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Civil Action No. 22-3808, 2023 WL 3689702 (E.D.Pa. May 26, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s retaliation claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. the court held that…
Read More Retaliation Claim, Based on Adverse Actions Following Filing of EEO Complaint, Sufficiently AllegedIn Milczak v. General Motors, LLC, Case No. 21-CV-11484, 2023 WL 3129473 (E.D.Mich. April 27, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s age-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. From the decision: Even if plaintiff had exhausted his administrative remedies, the conduct he…
Read More “Old Fart” and Other Comments Insufficient to Create Hostile Work Environment: CourtIn Mackenzie v. New York City Dept. of Education, No. 21-CV-5711-LTS, 2023 WL 2711848 (S.D.N.Y. March 30, 2023), the court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age discrimination claims asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision:…
Read More Teacher Plausibly Alleges Age Discrimination, Court HoldsIn Rysak v. Ferro Corporation, Civil Action No. 22-2311, 2023 WL 3138937 (E.D.Pa. April 28, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s age discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Initially, there was no question that plaintiff made out a prima facie case of age discrimination; specifically, she was…
Read More Age Discrimination Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Performance Issues Not Raised Until After TerminationIn Wasserman v. Kiran Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management, et al, Defendants., No. 21-0026 (ABJ), 2023 WL 157319 (D.D.C. Jan. 11, 2023), the court dismissed plaintiff’s age- and gender-based hostile work environment claims asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After summarizing the…
Read More Conduct by “Mean Girls” Insufficient to Give Rise to Actionable “Hostile Work Environment”, Court HoldsEngaged inIn Rinaldi v. Paul Mills, NICE, Christine Bonamarte, NICE Systems, Inc., NICE-Actimize, Richard Malish, Barak Eilam et al, 2022 WL 17480081 (2d Cir. Dec. 7, 2022), the court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s age discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. From the decision: Here, the parties do not dispute that Rinaldi established…
Read More Age Discrimination Claims Properly Dismissed; Comments re Not “Fitting In” and “Catching On” InsufficientIn Lively v. Wafra Inv. Advisory Group, Inc., 2022 NY Slip Op 06887 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dept. Dec. 6, 2022), the court, inter alia, unanimously affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s age discrimination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Even under the lenient notice pleading standard afforded…
Read More Court Affirms Dismissal of Age Discrimination ComplaintIn Downey v. Monro, Inc., 1:20-CV-1505 (TJM/ML), 2022 WL 17093421 (N.D.N.Y. Nov. 21, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of retaliation. On the issue of pretext, the court explained: Here, Defendant argues that none of the decisionmakers regarding Plaintiff’s termination were aware of any age-based comments that…
Read More Retaliation Claim, Based on Complaints of Age Discrimination, Survives Summary Judgment