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In Uzomechina v. Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, 2024 WL 4336974 (D.N.J. Sept. 26, 2024), the court applied the “ministerial exception” to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based discrimination claim asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. From the decision: With respect to Plaintiff’s sole federal claim under Section 1981, the Diocese Defendants argue that the “[ministerial] exception operates…

Read More Applying “Ministerial Exception,” Court Dismisses Plaintiff’s Race Discrimination Claim
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In Pine v. Cnty. of Ocean, 2024 WL 2785516 (D.N.J. May 30, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex discrimination claim asserted under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD). Here, the central issue was whether the alleged harasser was plaintiff’s supervisor. From the decision: The County cannot be vicariously…

Read More Sex Discrimination Claim Sufficiently Alleged Under NJ Law Against Discrimination; Alleged Harasser Was Sufficiently Alleged to be Plaintiff’s “Supervisor”
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In Davenport v. Joseph Fiordaliso et al, Civil Action No. 18-13687 (GC) (JBD), 2024 WL 343157 (D.N.J. Jan. 30, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: As to a hostile work environment, Plaintiff does not allege that anyone at the NJBPU ever used…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; “Frustration” Did Not Rise to the Level of Actionable Hostility
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In Cornelius v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Civil Action No. 23-01858 (SDW) (AME), 2023 WL 6876925 (D.N.J. October 18, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) did not excuse plaintiff’s claims from arbitration in the first instance. This decision illustrates, among other…

Read More Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) Did Not Bar Arbitration; Sex Discrimination, But Not Sexual Harassment, Not Alleged
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In Williams v. Inspira Health Network, 2023 WL 7151222 (D.N.J. Oct. 31, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Defendant argues that “[s]ummary judgment on Plaintiff’s NJLAD and Title…

Read More Title VII Sexual Harassment Complaint Dismissed; Alleged Comments and Touching Hair Was Not “Severe” or “Pervasive”
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In Rabinowitz v. St. Joseph’s Regional High School, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, Civil Action No. 18-16498 (JXN) (ESK), 2023 WL 3597633 (D.N.J. May 23, 2023), the court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of religion-based hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New…

Read More Student-on-Teacher Anti-Semitic-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Summary Judgment
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